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MARK TAPSCOTT: Sarah Palin is miles ahead of every other politician in America. Palin also demon?

By Glenn Reynolds

MARK TAPSCOTT: Sarah Palin is miles ahead of every other politician in America.

Palin also demonstrated an understanding that the Tea Party movement must be independent of both major political parties, which share the blame for the country’s current morass, in order to be credible. She encouraged her Nashville audience “against allowing this movement to be defined by any one leader or any one politician. The tea party movement is not a top-down operation. It’s a ground-up call to action … it’s bigger than any king or queen of the tea party, and it’s a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter.”

UPDATE: A.C. Kleinheider is less impressed.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More thoughts from Jennifer Rubin.

MORE: Dan Riehl comments.

STILL MORE: Moe Lane: Speech Was A Rorschach test.

And here’s a roundup from Jack Lail.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 07, 2010 (boomark / email).