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NIck Gillespie, editor and chief of Reason.tv and Reason.com, interviewed Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe today to discuss the Tea Party movement, the 2010 elections and the possibility of real change coming to Washington this November.

Rod Beckstrom, critically acclaimed author of the business management book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, told NPR "he was surprised to learn his 2006 book was a hit with Tea Partiers — but that it made sense."

Today's Rasmussen report reveals that Dino Rossi, FreedomWorks PAC Champion of Freedom, now leads the Washington race for U.S. Senate over incumbent Democrat Patty Murray, 48-46%.

USA Today reports that a record number of Americans—one in six—are now dependent on government anti-poverty programs. Since the recession began in December 2007, the enrollment and cost of government programs have grown at an alarming rate.

Deneen Borelli, a Project 21 fellow, Fox News contributor, and FreedomWorks fellow has a great new piece up at FoxNews.com on the baseless claims that Glenn Beck supporters are racist and the true intentions of NAACP President Ben Jealous:

The first major newspaper review by John Coyne of The Washington Times calls Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto an "ambitious plan indeed, but drawn up by two competent architects." This high praise follows the book's sudden climb to number one on The Washington Post non-fiction best seller list.

FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey, Presiden Matt Kibbe and half the campaigns department (the illustrius duo Brendan "Precinct Captain" Steinhauser and Dave "Phone Bank" Spielman) are in California this week. 

The team is out there to bring our new book Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto and a giant dose of get out the vote and grassroots activism know-how to the Golden State.  If the pictures and updates we've received over the years from the hard core tea party tribe in Temecula is any indication, an awesome time will definitely be had by all.

As we get closer to November we must consider the importance of getting involved in your local community.  Going to rallies and town hall meetings is not enough, you must get those boots on the ground.  I was asked a few weeks ago what the most effective thing an activist can do to help; the answer?  Walk door-to-door and make phone calls.  These tried and true methods of GOTV are essential to any grassroots campaign regardless of time or place.  This is why it pains me to see so many activists overlook this essential part of campaigning.  If we all promised to

Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto has debuted #1 on both the non-fiction and political book lists at The Washington Post. The book, which chronicles the rise of the Tea Party movement, was coauthored by FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey and FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe.