[greene66]

What really gets me is that there was this huge abundance of energy and electricity due to the Tea Parties in 2010, ready, willing and anxious to be ginned up for the fight to get rid of Obama following the mid-terms. But instead, the dunderheads of the GOP establishment, the GOP House leadership, the Karl Roves, the RNC, the FoxNews talking-heads, all managed to collectively pour cold water onto everything. The Tea Party gets summarily kicked to the curb by “our betters,” whose primary goal this past year has been promoting Romney to the nomination, at all costs.

Yeah, good goin.’ Great way to dissipate that whole huge reservoir of enthusiasm that was out there.

[rogue yam]

What really gets me is that there was this huge abundance of energy and electricity due to the Tea Parties in 2010, ready, willing and anxious to be ginned up for the fight to get rid of Obama following the mid-terms. But instead, the dunderheads of the GOP establishment, the GOP House leadership, the Karl Roves, the RNC, the FoxNews talking-heads, all managed to collectively pour cold water onto everything.

So who is one potential tea party conservative candidate who would be a capable and popular front-runner right now but for the nefarious actions of the "GOP establishment"?

Palin?

Is that it?

Sarah chose not to run. She could have but did not. It is time to stop sobbing over this.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I disagree with you. Everyone of these campaigns would trip over themselves if they thought you would get on board with their campaigns. Every campaign WANTS ALL Tea Partiers’ support. Why else do they try to court the Tea Partiers?