Well the conventional wisdom is that the Tea Party helped in House races but hurt in Senate (statewide) races. So, considering that the primaries are a series of statewide races ‘shunning the Tea Party’ might be the right strategy.
Of course the Tea Party was very good at nominating statewide candidates (better than at electing them) so maybe you are right.
Most of the voters are TEA party supporters or at least supporting TEA Party ideas that are going to be voting in most primaries..... This isn’t 2008, this is 2010-2012 where the grassroots movement is huge, real and not going away, Mitt is also responsible for RomneyCare....Odds are that Sarah has a better chance than Mitt at winning the nomination, of course he can win but it will take a lot to happen for him to do so.
I don’t mean to offend you personally, but a lot of people after two years don’t know anything much about Sarah Palin, I’ve read accounts from Dems in Alaska describe how she help destroyed a string of politicians more powerful than her and that she has natural political skills....