
Don Gonyea
Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to attendees of the 37th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 18, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Robert Giroux/Getty Images hide caption
"A year later," Palin said, "I gotta ask the supporters of all that, 'How's that hopey, changey thing working out for ya?' " Ed Reinke/AP hide caption
Hundreds of attendees paid $549 a ticket for the three-day National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tenn. Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption