Palin, by taking a traditional step toward accumulating political goodwill in the state when she endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad in June, has disenchanted a good number of Tea Party activists in the state.

“A lot of people are disappointed,” said Jim Carley, a Vietnam veteran and retired salesman who is president of Save Our American Republican (SOAR), a group of about 80 people just east of Des Moines that affiliates itself with TPP…

One of the more prominent Tea Party activists in the state who did not want to be identified said these sentiments were widespread.

“I haven’t talked to any people that are consistently in the Tea Party, that are involved, that weren’t disappointed with that,” the Tea Party leader said. “She’s definitely going to have to think about who her base is and realize that that was not their favorite thing.”