Appearing on FNC's Happening Now this morning, former House Majority Leader and Chairman of FreedomWorks Dick Armey was asked to comment on reports that the Tea Party Movement has not been involved in the GOP primary process and may in fact be dead. As an influential voice in the movement, Mr. Armey explained that tea party activists have been working on reinforcing the conservative majority in the House and capturing a conservative majority in the Senate while the media has been focused only on presidential politics. But he also said the grassroots movement could have a very real role in choosing the eventual presidential nominee once the primary process is complete.

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There's a disappointing news/great news situation in West Virginia today. Two endorsements were made in the campaign for the US Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) and each of the two major candidates got one.

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FreedomWorks has released a new media campaign to highlight diversity in the Tea Party Movement. Called Diverse Tea, the campaign includes a website and a newspaper ad that reads in part, "We are black, brown, and white. We are Jew and gentile. We are from different communities, various backgrounds, and all races, colors, and creeds. We will Take America Back, not from Democrats or Republicans, but from an arrogant political class that puts its interests before those of all Americans."

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