Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann were big figures in the Tea Party.
What if they hadn't been around (McCain picks Pawlenty or Lieberman in 2008, Bachmann loses her congressional bid to former Senator Dean Barkley) when the Tea Party popped up in 2009?
Who would fill the niche? Without Palin and Bachmann's social conservative/populist appeals, would it have remained fiscally focused?
What if they hadn't been around (McCain picks Pawlenty or Lieberman in 2008, Bachmann loses her congressional bid to former Senator Dean Barkley) when the Tea Party popped up in 2009?
Who would fill the niche? Without Palin and Bachmann's social conservative/populist appeals, would it have remained fiscally focused?