I agree that Sarah has a problem now of negotiating the tricky feat of supporting McCain while keeping the allegiance of fractious and hot-headed Tea Party people. But let's see what happens when the actual primary season starts--with the Iowa caucuses.


And if "Tea Party" people actually want to accomplish something, not just make noise, they will have to pick a major party to support.   It ain't the Democrats.   With Sarah, they will have to make few compromises in a program--if they believe in such a thing.

As for Scott Brown, he's already being called a traitor, by his own ostensible supporters, for supporting the recent jobs bill.

His honeymoon appears to have been one of the shortest on record.

And his record on the two burning issues for Republican true believers cannot compare with that of Sarah.

And any other new figure is--already--running out of time to make a name in the political arena.

As I've said more than once, US primaries are set up to reward passion.   And on the Republican side, nobody can compete with Sarah on this.

We can only hope that she somehow self-destructs.   It's not happening yet.