Has Bachmann replaced Palin in the Tea Party’s heart?
2012 Elections, Headlines Friday, July 1st, 2011
By Shannon Travis, CNN.com
With U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota making a splash in the Republican presidential campaign while Sarah Palin sits on the sidelines, is Bachmann edging Palin out of the Tea Party’s heart?
While the former Alaska governor, vice presidential candidate and Fox News commentator is still much loved as a smart, media savvy conservative who breathes fire against President Obama and Democrats, it appears that Tea Party excitement for a Palin presidential run has passed.
One activist told CNN that Palin is “overexposed;” another said that unfair political attacks have left her “damaged;” while another said Palin’s “high negatives” might be too high to overcome.
On the other hand, activists laud Bachmann as far more “exciting,” with “Tea Party street cred,” and — perhaps most interestingly — a fresh face ready to learn from those attacks that Palin suffered.
“I don’t think there is a Tea Party favorite,” said Mark Meckler, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, the nation’s largest Tea Party group.
“I think that (Bachmann) has Tea Party street cred in that she’s been going to tea parties and speaking to tea parties since the beginning of the movement. She has seemed to have principles and taken actions that are consistent with Tea Party values. She has been one of the few folks in the House to consistently stand against the leadership when they don’t comply with Tea Party values.”
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Until one of them give Ron Paul the credit for being the inspiration of the tea party movement and therefore the father of it, nothing that anyone says is really meaningful. Sarah Palin endorsed Rand Paul for his Senate seat I will bet mainly to get his father’s tea party status into her hands. Since that time, you will notice that everytime the Tea Party is mentioned, somehow it is rolled into with the Republican Party and Sarah Palin did that numerous times. Now it is time for her to endorse Ron Paul. The two of them could be an unstoppable force and it become a reality vice presidential position for her. She is not running for the office, so why is she not doing this? Yes, she has a movie coming out around now and there is still a year to go, but her delay would hopefully be planned maybe to coincide with Rick Perry entering since we all know he was a guest at the Bilderberger meeting 4 years ago and was proud to admit it while being a sitting governor. Both actions happening around the same time could shake up everyone and not get watered down by the late happening before the actual election.
Rhonda