Does Scott Brown's win have legs for November?

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By Chelsea Schilling Posted: January 29, 2010 ~ 12:20 am Eastern © 2010 WorldNetDaily In the wake of Scott Brown's stunning victory for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, an energized national tea-party movement is in the final stages of mobilizing its first-ever convention targeting lawmakers deemed "tone-deaf" and unresponsive to Americans. WND founder Joseph Farah will join former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as speaker at the first national tea party convention from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo also plans to attend. The event will feature prominent speakers such as WND columnist Judge Roy Moore and Phil Valentine, popular radio talk-show host and author of "The Conservative Handbook." The convention, hosted by Tea Party Nation, has been sold out, with a waiting list of approximately 500 people. However, some tickets to Palin's Feb. 6 speech at an evening banquet are still available at the National Tea Party Convention website. While the convention features a lineup of prominent speakers, the mainstream media have been buzzing with reports of canceled convention appearances by Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Bachmann and Blackburn said appearing at the convention might conflict with House ethics rules. "Marsha was kind enough to call me this morning and reiterate her support for the convention," Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips said. "She said they had to run it back through the ethics committee, and the ethics committee would not sign off on it. Because of that, she could not come." According to reports, the lawmakers sought the advice of the House Ethics Committee and received "conflicting advice" based on the for-profit status of Tea Party Nation. Critics contend that the Tea Party Nation should have filed for nonprofit status. But Phillips said the nonprofit model would have meant the organization would rely almost entirely on regular donations to serve its mission. "My personal opinion is that nonprofits are among the most abused structures out there," he said. "We do not have a big office. We don't send people out on trips. We don't do anything like that. There are some nonprofits that have big offices, send people on trips, pay exorbitant salaries. Most of our folks are volunteers. We've compensated a few sales people with commissions, and that's pretty much it." READ FULL STORY >