“The GOP wanted nothing to do with the Tea Party or Sarah Palin..”
Still don’t. Never will. Old dying party for old dying gentry.
It is foolish and infantile to paint the GOP with such a broad brush. Preibus likes Palin. Allen West likes Palin. Jim DeMint likes Palin. Rush and Levin like Palin. I like Palin. Rand Paul likes Palin. Herman Cain likes Palin. Newt likes Palin. Many many many folks who are Republicans, many who are in the party apparatus and many who are major figures, like Palin. Yes, I fully get the GOPe mindset. I write about it all the time. But that is only a part of the party.
Too broad a brush, and you make a mess.....