It’s been Sarah Palin doing the interviews, writing articles & Tweets, making appearances, taking the grief from the left and MSM. Ditto Paul Ryan and Jim DeMint and Newt Gingrich. But Mitt? He kind of shows up weeks later and says, I’m your man, just tell me where you want me to lead you…

With the passing of Obama’s health care plan, Mitt can’t shake the fact that he was the author of Romneycare – the model for Obamacare that is bankrupting Massachusetts just 4 years after it was launched. (Although, Mitt says the plan is working well, despite the fact that it is costs over $2 billion more than what was budgeted”!)

For more on this, check out Say Goodbye to Mitt Romney

That’s being a leader, not a follower.

Yet, the dinosaur media and the GOP will not acknowledge Palin as a PRIME MOVER in the conservative groundswell moving over this nation.  Mitt and Huck? They won’t take a stand for fear of rocking the boat. And our Sarah? She’s at the tiller and plowing into the storm.

Enjoy this well-stated observation from Grant Ellis (via American Thinker) on the critical NY23 congressional race:

Mitt Romney Votes Present

Grant Ellis

As reported here by ABC news (online), Mitt Romney “…doesn’t plan to make any endorsement at all” regarding the contentious NY23 Congressional race.

What does this say about Mitt? When balanced against Sarah Palin’s political courage, it seems telling. Sarah is a political alpha, a leader for the future. Mitt, in spite of his genuine conservatism and mastery of issues, is almost certainly not.

You have to look no further to see why conservatives are so passionate about their support for Palin. Regardless of the arguable notion that she has yet to fully mature, she commands a degree of respect that eludes all others currently on the conservative scene. The reason? She is unwilling (and perhaps unable) to couch her views in muted, plausibly deniable tones. Regardless of the outcome of NY23, Palin wins. She drives debate. She leads. She is “out there” when and where others fear to tread.

Note that Huckabee and Pence remain on the sidelines where NY23 is concerned.

Political courage is interesting to witness, perhaps because it’s so rare.