IS THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT AFRAID OF THE BAGGERS?

Scum like Grover Norquist may be on the sidelines if the Baggers have their way, according to Red State's Erick Erickson:

“There needs to be a purging of the movement, and I think we’re already starting to see a different of hierarchy of groups,” said Erick Erickson, the Macon, Ga.-based founder of RedState.com, who predicts that “you’re going to see a much more diffuse conservative movement that is being led in large part from outside of Washington and is much more in line from the grass roots.”

Erickson, a favorite of the new activists, said, “Some of these legacy groups have become so entrenched in the Republican establishment in Washington that a lot of these new activists don’t think they can trust them.”

As examples, Erickson singled out CPAC’s primary sponsor, the American Conservative Union, as well as CPAC stalwarts including the Heritage Foundation think tank and the groups headed by Grover Norquist and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

This fear might be the reason Arizona's GOP is trying to limit primary voters to just registered Republicans:

State GOP looking to close its primary to independents
Rhonda Bodfield Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, February 19, 2010 12:00 am

Lawyers for the state Republican Party are huddling to try to find out how they can close their primary election.

Republican leaders who attended a mandatory state meeting last month voted to put a halt to the state's quasi-open primary system. Voters in 1998 approved allowing independents and voters in minor parties to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary.