Tea Party Convention Diaries: Palin Already Drawing Crowds

Tea Party Convention Diaries: Palin Already Drawing Crowds

Registration for the first Tea Party Convention started late Thursday afternoon, and the people lining up inside the convention center at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville are already excited about seeing Sarah Palin. She’s not scheduled to speak until Saturday night, but mention her name, and you’ll get an instant smile.

“[Palin] was the draw for us,” said Roxanne, a convention attendee who traveled with her husband Wayne from North Carolina.

Roxanne is hoping the rumored major snowstorm -- anticipation of which is currently sending chills up and down the eastern part of the country -- won’t keep Palin from attending.

“She better brave the snowstorm and get here!” Roxanne joked.