Bernie Quigley over at the The Hill has written an excellent piece this morning giving Palin the credit she deserves and will more than likely irritate the establishment:

In Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s last primary election for governor of Texas the entire Eastern conservative establishment, including George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Karen Hughes as proxy for W. lined up in opposition. Their agent, Kay Bailey Hutchison, was well ahead. Then Sarah Palin came to the call of Perry. He won big. It opened the gate for him to run for president.

Then when the unheard-of Tea Party candidate for governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, was slandered by the old-school conservative rank and file, Mitt Romney came to her aid. But she didn’t move in the polls. Sarah Palin came down and campaigned and Haley won in a landslide.

Recently, Palin backed little-known state Sen. Deb Fischer, who beat the well-known, well-funded rival to become the nominee for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska. And in Indiana she endorsed Richard Mourdock, who unseated the popular incumbent, Sen. Dick Lugar (R).

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ABC reports that hours after Palin endorsed Cruz, the staff at Cruz’s headquarters in Austin reported a swift and positive reaction. Last night Cruz forced the establishment candidate into a runoff.

“In every other state, Sarah Palin’s endorsement has been a game-changer,” Cruz told Texas on the Potomac.

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Palin is one of the most important and influential figures in conservative politics today, and she has been from the beginning. She is virtually rebuilding conservatism in America. One of these days the babbling conservative blogosphere is bound to catch on. Or are their plaintive cries and whispers, echoing through the night like those of abandoned coyote pups, the last complaints we are likely to hear from the Eastern conservative establishment?

This piece is quite refreshing.  Especially after the scattered word salad published in Politico that once again questions the Governor’s relevancy.  But interestingly enough, when you read between the lines, you can smell the fear that lies within it.  They admit her clout in an abstract way, yet seem to energetically deny its staying power.

But the MSM and the politicos can co-opt the good old boys all they want.  At the end of the day, they’ll never be able to stomp out the true energy propelled by Palin’s conservative dynamite — especially when they’re trying to force a bunch of duds down our throats.