Bakersfield, CA --Damon Dunn, Republican Candidate for Secretary of State, addressed the Tea Party April 15, describing how his own journey from abject poverty taught him the value of individual self-reliance. "I learned that the government, when I was poor, could be a safety net, but never a trampoline. Any upward mobility was going to require the individual to create it; to develop it. The African American, former pro-football player and Stanford Honors student described how his rise from childhood poverty to millionaire status as a small business owner offers him a unique understanding of the factors involved in success....