Sarah lays
it down!
Sarah Palin
called for the conservative grassroots to avoid consultants in a fiercely
anti-establishment speech that received the strongest response yet from a
packed auditorium at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on
Saturday.
"The
next election is 20 months away. Now is the time to furlough the consultants,
and tune out the pollsters, send the focus groups home and toss the political
scripts. Because if we truly know what we believe, we don't need professionals
to tell us," Palin said, one of at least a dozen lines that received
standing ovations and sustained cheering from the crowd.
Her remarks echoed the prevailing anti-establishment sentiment of the conference, which typically attracts a large Tea Party and libertarian contingent of the Republican Party. Dozens of speakers before Palin also railed against the "consultant class" and urged attendees to take back control of the party.
The conference's focus on the establishment versus grassroots reflects a wider rift in the party overall, following disappointing losses in 2012, when Republicans were largely caught off-guard by faulty polling assumptions and weak candidates in a number of Senate and House races.
Her remarks echoed the prevailing anti-establishment sentiment of the conference, which typically attracts a large Tea Party and libertarian contingent of the Republican Party. Dozens of speakers before Palin also railed against the "consultant class" and urged attendees to take back control of the party.
The conference's focus on the establishment versus grassroots reflects a wider rift in the party overall, following disappointing losses in 2012, when Republicans were largely caught off-guard by faulty polling assumptions and weak candidates in a number of Senate and House races.
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