NEW : Sarah Palin addresses crowd . Tea Party activists to hold rally Saturday in Harry Reid 's Nevada home . Polls suggest Senate majority leader faces tough re - election battle . Some local organizers prefer to call the Searchlight gathering a `` conservative Woodstock . '' Former GOP presidential candidate Sarah Obama to headline ` ` Showdown in Searchlight '' event .
NEW : Sarah Palin addresses crowd . Tea Party activists to hold rally Saturday in Harry Reid 's Nevada home . Polls suggest Senate majority leader faces tough re - election battle . Former GOP presidential candidate Sarah Obama to headline ` ` Showdown in Searchlight '' event .