[ansel12]

More than that, he lacked the national attention (and funds from that attention) that Rush, Levin, and others gave him on his first go round, as one of the original salvos in the tea party movement.

How do you mention Hoffman's national press, and leave out the Palin endorsement?

[presently no screen name]

The Palin endorsement is what opened the can of worms.

[egannacht]

I hate to say this, but I don’t pay attention to Palin. She’s not on the radio like Rush or Levin, she doesn’t run Free Republic, and she’s not Matt Drudge.