[conservatism_IS_compassion]

while the Tea Party may be ascendant in the GOP, and may wield outsized influence in the primaries, the movement has not always demonstrated an ability to coalesce around a single candidate. If, say, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence fracture the Tea Party votes Romney alone as the establishment figure could triumph.

That's why I suggest rallying around Sarah early. This is the very scenario we had in '08, and I fear it will happen again if we don't refuse to let "better" be the enemy of good enough.

Draft Palin

[editor-surveyor]

>> “If, say, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence fracture the Tea Party votes...” <<

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Since when did establishment elitists like Rick Santorum, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence qualify as TEA party candidates?

Those guys will take votes from Romney, not Palin.
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