The Invisible Primary, 1/7

By Chris Good
Tracking the GOP race to 2012

Sarah Palin will address the first-ever national Tea Party convention Feb. 6 in Nashville; and she's getting paid for it; according to Steve Schmidt, her "Can I call you Joe?" line at the '08 vice presidential debate was planned to keep her from calling him "O'Biden," which she did repeatedly during practice sessions; we already knew he'd go to Iowa, but Mitt Romney will also travel to New Hampshire on his book tour; and New Gingrich says he is "a fan" of Michael Steele's.

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