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Photos from the Tea Party Express Bus Tour Launch, Napa, CA, Saturday August 27.

Mary and I left our home in Central Florida at 5am. We flew/traveled 12 hours to hook up with the Tea Party Express bus in Oakland, CA. After a quick shower and wardrobe change, we arrived in Napa, CA where I performed at the tour launching fund raising VIP gala. Still on east coast time, I awoke at 5:30am for our 11am Napa Tea Party. Napa is absolutely beautiful. I do not drink. But, my wife Mary throughly enjoyed sampling the local wines. I was excited to meet a young Christian band called “Remnant” who was the opening act before...

They've been dismissed as the inconsequential, angry, funny-hat-wearing political fringe. But conservatives and Tea Party activists at lively celebrations in the Bay Area say they're beginning to be recognized as something else as the 2012 elections loom: a mainstream movement. With two big gatherings - a California Young Republican Federation convention in San Francisco on Friday and a Tea Party Express gathering in Napa on Saturday - it wasn't so lonely being a conservative in the Democratic bastion of the Bay Area. "We're not afraid to come to the Bay Area, because the majority of the people in the Bay...

Hooray! Napa Tour Kickoff Was GREAT! We've just finished our massive kickoff rally, and we have to say a big THANK YOU to Napa, California for an hosting the Tea Party Express "Super Rally!" We were thrilled to see  a wonderful crowd of thousands join us to send the message it's time to Reclaim America!After that great sendoff just up the road from Nancy Pelosi's district, we're heading straight into Harry Reid's home state of Nevada for big rallies in Reno and Elko!  You see, we refuse to be intimidated by the attacks and insults from those on the far left...

(Reuters) - With the Republican campaign for the White House taking shape, hundreds of Tea Party activists kicked off a national bus tour on Saturday, aiming to rally their base and new recruits to the conservative political cause. As supporters waved American flags and carried signs that read, "I'll keep my money, guns and freedom, you keep the change," organizers said the "Reclaiming America" bus tour was about restoring good governance.

Dear Friends,This is an urgent reminder - this is your last chance to sign up for a very special benefit dinner for the Napa Tea Party happening tonight!  We hope you'll join us this evening in Napa for a special night filled with amazing food and wine, entertainment, with like-minded patriots. This event will help the Napa Tea Party fund their ongoing battle against the left... and in California, they need all the help they can get! The dinner is Friday (tonight), from 6pm-11pm, at the Plaza tented lawn area at the Napa Valley Expo. Champagne and hors-de'oeuvres will...

Tea Party Express V national bus tour begins this Saturday in Napa, CA. As I pack my bags and organize my performance music in preparation to embark on my fifth national Tea Party Express tour, I am a bit frustrated by those still clueless about the Tea Party movement; who we are and our propose. Please excuse my frankness. Despite all the Tea Party has done to pull our country back from diving over the cliff to it's death into liberal socialistic hell, incredibly, there are still “Republicans” who think we are “fringe loonies”. If God had not sent the...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Sarah Palin may be making a lunch-hour stop in downtown Cedar Rapids. "She's done about six of our rallies. I think that's more than anyone else, so I wouldn't be surprised to see her," says Sal Russo, co-founder and chief strategist for Tea Party Express, which is planning a rally from noon to 2 p.m. at Greene Square Park on Sept. 1. Then again, Russo concedes, Palin may be a no-show. "She's known for her spontaneity," Russo says about Palin, who is scheduled to be in Iowa on Sept. 3 for an Iowa Tea Party rally in...

<p>Check out the new ad for the Tea Party Express V Nationwide Tour which ends up in Tampa, FL, for a Presidential debate!</p>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2011CONTACT: Levi Russell at Levi@FrontlineStrat.com, or (509) 979-6615TEA PARTY EXPRESS NATIONAL TOUR LAUNCHES FROM NAPA, CA ON SATURDAY!"Reclaiming America" bus tour will hold tea party rallies in 29 cities, span 17 daysThe Tea Party Express is making final preparations to launch their fifth national tour that will bring conservative rallies to 29 cities across the country. Billed "Reclaiming America," the latest tour will feature conservative singers, speakers, and entertainers, as well as local elected officials and candidates. The tour will help put a spotlight on the failed policies of the Obama administration, and call...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2011CONTACT: Levi Russell at Levi@FrontlineStrat.com, or (509) 979-6615"RESTORING COMMON SENSE" TOUR GRAND FINALE TODAY!Rallies in support of Kim Simac & Senator Cowles will feature like-minded elected officialsMERRILL - The Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) "Restoring Common Sense" tour will host rallies today in Rhinelander and De Pere, as a final push to support conservatives who know that responsible budget reform has brought new jobs and greater prosperity to the state of Wisconsin. The Tea Party Express will be urging Wisconsinites to vote tomorrow, noting that Governor Walker's budget reform has already had a positive impact...

I'm often asked why we're not organizing another Taxpayer March on Washington this September 12th. Why, after more than a million Americans protested on 9/12/2009 and 9/12/2010, aren't we headed back to Washington? The reason is simple: we're not just a protest movement anymore. This movement has had stages. We began as a protest movement against big government in 2009, morphed into America's most powerful get-out-the-vote machine in 2010, and pushed for transformative legislative change to rein in government in 2011.

Tens of millions of dollars flowing into Wisconsin on behalf of the union hacks pushing recalls is only part of the assault on the will of the voters. There is also now a campaign of bully tactics underway and tea party organizers are being forced to quickly move rally locations. The Tea Party Express is hosting a plethora of tea party rallies across Wisconsin in an effort to push back against the unions driving the recalls. While on the road to Kenosha, WI, we learned the venue was no longer willing to host the Tea Party rally due to threats...

Tea Party: Liberals Want to "Break the Back of Conservatives" in Wisconsin —By Andy Kroll| Fri Aug. 5, 2011 7:41 AM PDT The tea party arrives in Wisconsin today, kicking off a four-day tour to rouse conservative voters and help protect the six imperiled Republican state senators facing recall elections on August 9. Spearheaded by the Tea Party Express, the "Restoring Common Sense" tour brings together four different conservative groups—TPX, Tea Party Nation, FreedomWorks, and the Patriot Action Network—and plans to hit nine cities in what the groups see as a crucial battle to keep the GOP senators in office,...

This morning we are launching the Tea Party Express tour through Wisconsin to fight back against the Barack Obama, MoveOn.org and Union Boss led RECALL campaigns against the brave GOP Senators who stood behind Gov. Scott Walker.This is one of the most important efforts we have ever engaged in since patriots came together to form the Tea Party movement in 2009.You need to understand what we are up against.  Nearly $15 MILLION has been spent so far in these RECALL campaigns, and national Democrat leaders have poured all sorts of resources into these RECALLs.  That's why it's important that somebody stand up to them.To...

The names that conservatives have been called over the last few weeks, culminating in the last few days, would be shocking, if you expected anything more from liberals. I don't. Never have, never will. We have been called terrorists, jihadists, racists, extortionists, bigots, hostage takers, suicide bombers. I can go on and on. Even our Vice President, Joe Biden, jumped into the fray. It is reported that he said, in support of another Democrat's statement, that the Republicans "...acted like terrorists." He denies he used the word 'terrorist', but even if he agreed with the statement, he looks foolish. Ironic,...

National Tea Party leaders in California were thrilled about one by-product of the political bloodbath over raising the federal debt ceiling: The fight showed that after two years of rabble-rousing from outside the Capitol, the Tea Party has real power to shape the debate in Washington. Their challenge now that President Obama has signed the debt limit law: Can the Tea Party transform its government-shrinking mantra into long-term power, or will it be a one-hit wonder? They're not stopping to think about it. This month, Tea Partiers will storm town hall meetings of Republican and Democratic members of Congress and...

Earlier this week the media reported that Vice President Joe Biden called Tea Party members "terrorists."  After an explosion of criticism from many camps, Biden clumsily tried to explain that he himself never called Tea Party supporters "terrorists" but that he merely agreed with a Democrat Senator who had made the smear.Bottom line:  Joe Biden obviously despises the Tea Party movement and the impact we are having on this country.Now you have a chance to help us make Joe Biden rather unhappy.  If he was frustrated by the influence of the Tea Party movement in debt talks, just wait...

<p>Even though the California Republican primary has been pushed back to the political calendar Siberia of June, "more than one" Republican presidential candidate is likely to be in Napa on Aug.27 for the kickoff of the latest Tea Party Express bus tour.</p>

Tea Party Express to launch at Napa Expo The road to Tampa — and the first tea party presidential debate — will start here in Napa. On Aug. 27, the grassroots, conservative Tea Party Express group will be hosting the first stop on its nearly month-long bus tour at the Napa Valley Expo. The tour, which organizers say will focus on states with early presidential primaries, will come to an end Sept. 12 in Tampa, Fla. where CNN and Tea Party Express will be co-sponsoring the tea party debate. While plans for the Napa event are still being finalized, Pam...