CHARLESTON, S.C. — The top strategist for the Tea Party Express told The Daily Caller that the organization isn’t quite ready to endorse a candidate in the presidential election, but admitted that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seems to have the most buzz among tea party activists heading into South Carolina’s primary.
“We poll continuously to monitor our people, and they have bounced from candidate to candidate as the national polls have shown as well,” strategist Sal Russo told TheDC. “Each of the major candidates has taken the lead in our poll for a period of time. Right now it is a pretty close race with our people. Gingrich leads, followed by Romney, Paul and Santorum.”