TEA PARTY EXPRESS--FLORIDA: "PANAMA CITY, PENSACOLA" EDITION

The TPX crew had a late morning call before boarding the bus to their next rally stop in Panama City--Noon. Tour embed Andrea Shea King called in to say they had arrived and how beautiful it is. Andrea is working at getting a good pic of the scene back to me before hitting the road for their final stop of the tour--Pensacola--5 PM.

There's much talk of Tuesday's primary vote. Speculation abounds from Newt taking Florida by a few votes over Romney to Romney crushing Newt to the point of the former Speaker ending his bid for the White House. We'll have to wait until late Tuesday evening to find out. Or you could tune in and listen to Karl Rove and his magic white board to see what they think. Me... I'll just wait until late Tuesday for the final results.

In the meantime, TPX Florida will do what it can to make sure Obama is no longer in the White House come Jan '13. Oh, btw, Newt received another endorsement over the weekend. Andrea reports.

Here's a roundup of what happened to the TPX bus over the w/e. Andrea put together a great slide show of the setback at The Radio Patriot.

Below: usually when the TPX bus arrives at a rally, there's always a news crew wanting an interview with someone embedded with the tour. Below is Sal Russo, Chief Strategist for Tea Party Express, being interviewed. (Photo by Andrea Shea King)

TEA PARTY EXPRESS--FLORIDA: "THE VILLAGES, GAINESVILLE" EDITION

RALLYING FOR VICTORY TOUR

Sunday morning has the TPX crew on board the tour bus and headed to The Villages--1:30 PM ET; then Gainesville at 4:00 PM ET.

Last night as the TPX-Florida tour was wrapping up a long day in West Palm Beach, Newt and his crew surprised everyone by showing up. As you can see, tour Embed Andrea Shea King got a picture with the Speaker. Newt was very gracious, and generous with his time. Andrea has more at her site, The Radio Patriot.

I will build this post on the fly as events develop on tour, so stay tuned! There's always more to come. In the meantime, you can CONTRIBUTE to the TPX Florida Tour just by clicking the link. Your help is greatly needed.

As always, much thanks to Terresa at NoisyRoom Blog for all her help in getting the word out. Chicago area blogger John Ruberry at Marathon Pundit is reporting that Cain has endorsed Newt. In fact, that's where Newt was just before meeting up with TPX and Andrea last night.


The TPX tour just wrapped at The Villages, according to tour embed Andrea Shea King. As she put it--"it was mobbed with people... lots of golf carts." The TPX tour is now headed for Gainesville for a 4 PM ET rally. While on the road, Andrea will forward some pics from the rally at The Villages. Stay tuned.

GAINESVILLE RALLY: Tour embed Andrea Shea King didn't send any pics from The Villages, but she did send a couple pics from the Gainseville rally. I like the one where you sign the board, Constitution like--and as you can see, she signed it for me as well. She's quite the roving reporter, I have to say! Now where are those pics from The Villages? No matter, she'll get more pics from tomorrow's rallies at Panama City and Pensacola--Noon and 5 PM.

TEA PARTY EXPRESS--FLORIDA:"J-VILLE, WINTER PARK, WEST PALM" EDITION

RALLYING FOR VICTORY TOUR:

Veteran TPX embed Andrea Shea King reports that the Tea Party Express team loaded onto the bus and headed for their first tour stop in Jacksonville. JC Watts was the featured speaker. More info about each of the rallies will be posted as the day moves forward. It's early still and of course internet connections can be a challenge while on the road. Today is no different.

After Jacksonville, the TPX tour stops in Winter Park--1:30 PM, then on the road to West Palm Beach for a 7 PM rally.

A big Thank You goes out to Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at the NoisyRoom Blog and John Ruberry in the Greater ChicagoLand area at Marathon Pundit for lending a helping hand yesterday. It was last minute and we do appreciate all the help.

From Jacksonville, (below) JC Watts speaking on behalf of Newt Gingrich; Watts with Andrea Shea King and Lloyd Marcus. More reporting from Andrea at The Radio Patriot.

And this just in from Andrea.




WINTER PARK, FLORIDA RALLY: Pictured on stage is Matt Staver of Liberty Council; and Patricia Sullivan of Lake County Tea Party(no link yet). Also, Lloyd Marcus has a piece over at American Thinker. Next rally stop will be West Palm Beach at 7 PM ET. Stay tuned.


Boston Herald pic of Newt back in '94 tossing tea crates into a river. That story and Mitt Romney's comments against Newt and Tea Party from last week. Link from Amy Kremer.



**THIS JUST IN** The TPX Florida tour was on its way to the West Palm Beach rally when a strange noise was heard by all on board. Below is singer-song writer, author and part-time touring bus mechanic, Lloyd Marcus, estimating the cost of repairs. Ouch!! *UPDATE from Andrea: Fixed and back on the road to West Palm Beach.


Because of the delay leaving Winter Park--see pic above--TPX arrived in West Palm Beach later than scheduled. The rally is in full swing now but the lighting isn't the best for good pic taking so there won't be any from this event. Just know it's going well, crowd is good--lots of speakers taking the stage. See everybody Sunday!

UPDATE: How things change. Tour Embed Andrea Shea King just reported in that Newt Gingrich has arrived at the West Palm Beach rally--a surprise! He's speaking now and I think Andrea will be getting a picture as well. I'll have more in the morning or you can check over at The Radio Patriot, Andrea's blog.

We got lucky... Andrea forwarded to me a pic of her and Newt at the West Palm Beach TPX Rally. Great job!!



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**TONIGHT** The Andrea Shea King Show--9 PM ET

The Andrea Shea King Show will be back on the air this evening at 9 PM ET. Andrea was summoned by the executive branch of The Campaign to Defeat Obama to attend some high-level meetings in Las Vegas. And without giving it away, I think you can figure out what the topic of discussion was.

Andrea, a co-chair at CDBO, has more at her site, The Radio Patriot--pics too!

Since stepping out of town for a few days, Andrea's returned to find that Newt is being savaged from one end of this nation to the other--even Florida! Especially Florida!! It's as if Newt struck a sensitive nerve (leading in the polls?) and the establishment decided it's time to put Newt's candidacy on the slab. If I do the math, knocking Newt out of the race makes Romney the republican nominee. Someone's nervous. But about what? We'll be talking about this on tonight's show so tune in at 9 PM ET.

Also of note: Obama's eligibility case was scheduled to continue in a Georgia courtroom today but not one person from Obama's side of the legal table bothered to show up--not even his lawyer. Legally speaking, thems some Large Testicles. Since you won't find much about this issue over at The Call Center, I suggest tuning into our show this evening because not only are we allowed to discuss this issue, we're not afraid to either. Btw, Andrea has a bit more on this at The Radio Patriot.

*TONIGHT* The Andrea Shea King Show--9 PM ET There's no limit to what we'll be talking about. Tune in this evening... chat room is open... call in # 646-478-4604

NEWT GINGRICH 2009: "VICTORY OR DEATH" SPEECH

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Gingrich's speech has been heard many times over the last few years but it's freshness is still evident. It needs to heard again and again, especially his closing statements... "Don't tell me..." I don't hear any of today's presidential hopefuls outside of Gingrich speaking in these terms. This is an important speech and one that should be taken to heart. (This is part 5/5--to hear the entire speech, hit the link above.) Hat Tip: Vic in Arizona.