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Pop quiz: Which of the following Republican primary candidates is Sarah Palin most likely to endorse?
(A) A solid conservative with the backing of local Tea Party groups and a track record of supporting limited government and lower taxes;
(B) A pro-life woman;
(C) Anyone remotely connected to John McCain.
If you answered “A,” you haven’t been keeping up with Palin’s recent rash of endorsements. Despite her image as the maverick queen of the Tea Party movement, Palin has passed on a number of conservative standard-bearers in favor of candidates with better connections to either McCain, the Republican Party or the Susan B. Anthony List.
Her willingness to choose individuals over issues hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Tea Party faithful.
“The bloom’s off the rose,” said Shelby Blakely, a member of the national leadership council of Tea Party Patriots, the nation’s largest such group. “She’s a company girl. She’s a Republican, and not in a good way.”
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