FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 photo retired U.S. Air Force Col. O. P. Ditch wears a shirt supporting former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin as he waits in a hallway outside the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Palin is scheduled to give the keynotee address Saturday night, Feb. 6, 2010, for the inaugural national "tea party" convention, a gathering of about 600 activists from across the country. AP Photo logo AP Photo 24 months ago

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 photo retired U.S. Air Force Col. O. P. Ditch wears a shirt supporting former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin as he waits in a hallway outside the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Palin is scheduled to give the keynotee address Saturday night, Feb. 6, 2010, for the inaugural national "tea party" convention, a gathering of about 600 activists from across the country.