Bachmann is less an impediment to Palin’s March to the nomination than was Phil Crane to Reagan’s 1980 nomination. Bachmann (and Cain) will be overwhelmed in Iowa by Palin and will disappear from the radar screen thereafter.
Once she emerges as the TEA party choice from Iowa, she will pick up whatever support Bachmann and Cain have in New Hampshire as well.
Mitt Romney, while relatively popular with the New Hampshire establishment, only drew 35% of the vote in a straw poll of the NH State Central Committee in January. The combined total of the TEA party candidates (Palin, Paul, Demint, Huckabee, Cain and Bachmann) was 31%. If Mitt is doing no better than breaking even with the TEA party candidates in New Hampshire AMONG THE PARTY ELITE, he is no doubt not doing that well among the grass roots.
Only one TEA party candidate will come out of Iowa with the wind at her back. That will be Sarah Palin. Once she does, the NH TEA partiers and anti-tax activists will coalesce around her. If she runs Mitt a close second in NH, he is probably finished. A strong second place finish could well happen after Iowa.
If she beats him in NH, the race is over.
Exactly, may the best man win! I will take the most Conservative, and if she has great gams all the better.
Pray for America