Inside the Beltway

IT’S GETTIN’ PERSONAL

“You can stop Harry Reid,” they say. Write, call, Tweet. Wear red, wave a sign, shout a slogan, ride a bus.

In about 24 hours, what’s billed as “Code Red” will take over some rarefied acreage inside the Beltway: In yet another testimony to the nimble vigilance of those opposed to Democrats’ health care reform, a coalition of 26 activist organizations, select lawmakers and celebrities will descend upon Capitol Hill for an “emergency rally” on Tuesday to remind Americans that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is lacking only three votes before Obamacare is a reality.

The event has “tea party” trimmings and plenty of muscle, including grass-roots support from six states.

“Lawmakers are working furiously to pass a health care reform package with no input from the American people,” organizer Colin Hanna, president of Let Freedom Ring, tells Inside the Beltway.

The American Conservative Union, the Susan B. Anthony List, 60 Plus and Americans for Prosperity are among the groups that will stage the early afternoon event in Upper Senate Park. Buses are rolling in from as far away as New York and North Carolina, organizers say. Republican Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina will speak, along with talk radio goddess Laura Ingraham and Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients Rights.

“We can expose them and confront them in the classic American spirit - a public gathering on their doorstep,” says Ms. Ingraham. “We will put every politician who supports this travesty on notice. Enjoy your remaining time in the U.S. Capitol because we’re coming for your seat.”

CHEZ PALIN

Sarah Palin’s national book promotion tour finally ended Sunday night: The former Alaska governor was signing copies of her autobiography “Going Rogue” all the way up until 9:30 p.m. at Eielson Air Force Base exchange outside of Fairbanks.

But just like everyone else - a trait that underscores her growing cachet - Mrs. Palin is hearing the call of her children’s upcoming school activities, she says, including a basketball game and a music recital. Then there’s Christmas.

“Thinking of obligatory Christmas prep still undone, desiring less materialistic/ more meaningful season,” she wrote in a Twitter missive.

And moments later, in Tweet shortspeak:

“this yr; wanting kids (especially!) 2 remember true Reason 4 the Season. This is most beautiful time of yr n Alaska & reminds how blessed we r.”

TIGER BITE

In all its baroque detail, can the Tiger Woods saga get any more complex? Yes. It can be politicized.

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