[Bigtigermike]

As Scott Rasmussen stated : The Tea Parties and my emphasis 'the grassroots as a whole' is not going anywhere and will have a part in determining who will be the nominee in 2 years When you put that in play that spells trouble for Mitt who does not connect with the average voter well, maybe Pawlenty, Newt and many others might fail to do that as well effectively Sarah is not the Tea Party leader but she "embodies" the Tea Party, both parties attack her constantly in one way or another, many people do not like that; So Sarah will have a card up on everyone and will hold the "WILD CARD" One point that is often forgotten is that Sarah has been deep within the battles of Health Care ,Cap n trade,....etc many of the contenders other than maybe Newt, Pence, Thune have either been timid or silent on the battles over the past year or so....MANY will question those contenders "where have you been when we need you?" and that's where Sarah can say that she stood with them while others, *(MITT)* are too cautious!

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Tea Party Movement doesn’t have leaders, so Gov. Palin naturally can’t be one, and neither can you or I.

The Tea Party Starfish
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