... Tea Parties movement) is (Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee) whom tea-party activists see as too centrist, citing examples such as his vote last July against blocking an Environmental Protection Agency regulation on utilities.
"He is much too close to the Democrats," said Katherine Hudgins, a tea-party activist from Murfreesboro, Tenn. "We believe he's an environmentalist at heart. He's gone to...
... Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander, and two who had their own amnesty plans: Mike Pence and Jon Kyl.
Per Ben Smith, Sarah Palin was invited and hasn't replied yet; Newt Gingrich and Michael Steele were ruled out due to heading a 527 and a party respectively.
UPDATE: The full text of the letter they sent out is below. Other signatories are Cathy McMorris Rodgers, John Carter, Pete...