Eric Odom

Disaster Ahead: Third Party Support from the Tea Party Movement

I lot of people in the movement have danced around this issue. Some believe it’s a conversation we should stay away from. Others, most of our readers according to our own polls, believe the warnings should come as often as possible. This post is going to be blunt… supporting third party efforts in 2010, in most cases, would be a complete disaster for the Tea Party Movement. If you follow tea...

Eric Odom

POLL: Would you support JD Hayworth against John McCain?

The last few days have yielded a ton of email coming in from tea party activists wanting to know if we’ll get involved in the GOP Primary battle for John McCain’s U.S. Senate seat. Much to our surprise, there appears to be an overwhelming amount of support for Hayworth within the movement. A lot of activists are looking to oppose John McCain in some way, shape or form, and those who are...

Eric Odom

The Patriot Caucus

A few months ago, we announced the formation of The Patriot Caucus. We thought there might be some excitement, but we had no idea it would get as wild as it did, as fast as it did. It grew so quick, in fact, that we had to lock down and freeze our initial planning wiki because we couldn’t keep up with everything that was happening. This is a good problem to have, and it suggests to us that activists...

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Tea Party Profiteers

During the past few weeks, far left funded smear campaigns have fueled a very ugly media blitz against the tea party movement. The effort is in place in an attempt to discredit the movement, and tear it down piece by piece. The problem, of course, is that the movement has no head. There isn’t a national organization that can claim ownership over the movement, nor can any group claim to be leading the...

Eric Odom

Tea Party Reading Materials

This is a quick post to tell you about three fantastic books you may want to consider for yourself or a gift for another. The authors of these three books are three of the best tea party organizers in the country, and they deserve to be rewarded for their hard work. With this in mind, please consider purchasing one or more of the following if they catch your attention. As a disclaimer…...