[rob777]

"Unlike Governor Palin who has always stated that the Tea Party doesn’t need one specific leader, Bachmann has tried to cast herself into such a role. She created a “Tea Party Caucus” in congress and gave the “Tea Party response” following Obama’s State of the Union Address last January."


This is absolutely pathetic! I have heard Michele talk about the Tea Party in most of the speeches she gives and have never heard her "cast" herself as the leader of the Tea Party. She has taken a leadership role by her actions in organizing a Tea Party caucus in Congress. As for her "Tea Party response" to the SOTU address, SHE WAS ASKED TO DO THAT!!! The fact that she has taken a leadership role in Congress does not mean she is casting herself as the leader of the broader Tea Party movement. She is the leader of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus. There is nothing but sour grapes here.

[ejdrapes]

I've never seen people so paranoid over someone who supposedly is no threat to Palin. I see posts that so and so won't support Bachmann because of her ineffectual leadership of the tea party caucus, then others who slam her for (in their minds) trying to cast herself as the leader of the tea party by creating the tea party caucus. Palin Derangement Syndrome indeed.