Eric Odom

The Patriot Caucus

Fellow Patriots, In our last update, we mentioned a second part to our announcement about the next march on Washington being planned for April 15th (Tax Day Tea Party). Many of you sent enthusiastic emails and we’re excited to see so many folks already getting involved. The second part of our announcement, however, is going to be much bigger, and much more important for the movement. But before I let the...

Eric Odom

Regroup. Rebuild. Reclaim.

Today TaxDayTeaParty.com is pleased to announce the beginnings of a partnership that we believe will bring forth a fresh plan for the liberty movement in 2010. As many of you know, Freedomworks played an intricate role in the success of the 9/12 event last September, and they’ve been an enormous help in the liberty movement in general. Also, Tea Party Patriots have been hard at work organizing...

Eric Odom

Tea Party activist runs for US Senate

This is a story very near and dear to me. I have a special interest in this candidate and he means a lot to me. February 27th was a cold day in Chicago. It was snowing, the wind was blowing and hot coffee wasn’t quite doing the trick. Our organizers for the Chicago Tea Party had spent just six days preparing for the first first event to follow Rick Santelli’s rant. We had no idea who or how...

Eric Odom

Why we have to view this as a war

This post is really in place to clarify a statement I made last week. I have suggested on several occasions that we as a movement need to view this as a war, and I truly believe that to be the case. As I’ve mentioned before, our government has looked the camera in the eye and openly declared war on our way of life. “We’re going to force you to do this or that, we’re going to take...

Eric Odom

Some action items you should consider

Yesterday was huge for us. A core group of Tea Party “leaders” (and I use that term VERY loosely) launched Grassroots Pledge, a new project of the upcoming Liberty First PAC. In just one day, we raised $7,500 and gained $52,000 in pledges. And more than 1,200 took the pledge to oppose big government incumbents. This is a big start and one heck of a statement, but there is much work to be...