NASHVILLE — After flirting coyly for months, Sarah Palin this
weekend launches an aggressive play to become the leader of the tea
party movement, a move with major political upside for the former
Alaska governor but also one rife with risk.
Her positioning could boost her prospects of securing the 2012
Republican presidential nomination, which she is widely believed to be
eyeing. And the tea party is a natural fit for Palin, whose populist
anti-Washington rhetoric and working mom persona have made her a
movement favorite since its grass-roots activists burst onto the scene
last year in opposition to the big-spending initiatives of President
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