Check out Hi Caliber’s new music video, “Patriotic People”, about the 9-12 March on Washington. This is definitely a great anthem for the tea party movement.

Alex Isenstadt of Politico explains that the tea party movement is attempting to knock off big government Republicans and Democrats in favor of conservative, limited government candidates. He interviews FreedomWorks, National Taxpayers Union and Tea Party Patriots, and finds that the GOP establishment is in trouble with members of all three groups.

While the energy of the anti-tax and anti-big government Tea Party movement may yet haunt Democrats in 2010, the first order of business appears to be remaking the Republican Party.

Whether it’s the loose confederation of Washington-oriented groups that have played an organizational role or the state-level activists who are channeling grass roots anger into action back home, Tea Party forces are confronting the Republican establishment by backing insurgent conservatives and generating their own candidates—even if it means taking on GOP incumbents.

“We will be a headache for anyone who believes the Constitution of the United States…isn’t to be protected,” said Dick Armey, chairman of the anti-tax and limited government advocacy group FreedomWorks, which helped plan and promote the Tea Parties, town hall protests and the September ‘Taxpayer March’ in Washington. “If you can’t take it seriously, we will look for places of other employment for you.”

“We’re not a partisan organization, and I think many Republicans are disappointed we are not,” added Armey, a former GOP congressman.

Congrats to local activist Debbie Dooley for her fine work fighting big government in Gwinnet County, Georgia! The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote an article about Debbie’s work there.

Debbie Dooley, who heads Gwinnett Freedomworks, said taxpayers deserve a detailed description of why a property tax increase is needed now. She said her group is going to ask for a specific accounting of where cuts have been made and whether more cuts can be made to noncore services.

“My phone has been ringing off the hook,” said Dooley, whose group helped rally opposition to the earlier tax increase. “People want us to get involved again.”

And here is a great piece from the Cape Coral Daily Breeze on our event in North Fort Myers earlier in the week. Mary Rakovich, the person that I would argue started the whole tea party movement, put on a fantastic event!

More than 500 people registered for the FreedomWorks rally held Wednesday at the Shell Factory & Nature Park in North Fort Myers…

Of the group, Armey said, “We’re about smaller, more responsible government, effectively doing on a cost-effective basis only doing what is necessary to do and authorized by the constitution…

Local organizer and Cape Coral resident Mary Rakovich said she never got involved with politics until last year.

“I got interested in politics for the first time in my life last summer,” she said. “I got on the Internet and started reading about our candidates.”

Rakovich joined FreedomWorks and went to an activist training. She then met Brendan Steinhauser, director of federal and state campaigns and grassroots coordinator, and decided to become more involved.

“They are an excellent resource, especially for someone who is just learning to be an activist and doesn’t have a clue of what’s going on, like I was,” Rakovich said.

Finally, writer Tim Carney of the DC Examiner discusses the hypocrisy of the left in the health care debate, pointing out that pro-Obamacare lobbyists are getting treated differently than anti-Obamacare lobbyists (Dick Armey).

The difference? The former–Dick Armey of Texas–was opposing President Obama’s push for new health-care mandates, regulations, taxes, and spending programs. The latter–Bob Dole of Kansas–supported this “reform.” ..

Dick Armey, meanwhile, was assailed as a scheming lobbyist when he–as head of the free-market activist group FreedomWorks–rallied the public this summer against Obama’s plan.

All in all, a good press week again for our organization. Thanks to all the grassroots leaders and activists that are keeping up the good fight! You have earned the respect and credibility that you deserve.

I don’t speak Swedish, but you can understand FreedomWorks’ Josh Eboch and Matt Kownacki, when they appear in this Swedish television program about the healthcare debate in the U.S. The program has footage from the September 12th March on Washington, which brought hundreds of thousands of freedom-loving Americans to the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building for a protest.

Fast forward to 34 minutes into the show to see Josh’s interview, and coverage of a discussion between Matt and Josh at FreedomWorks HQ.

As far as I can tell, these guys did a great job for us! Now, does anyone know Swedish?