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Palin heads to nevada. tea party members invited her to attend a rally in searchlight, the hometown of majority leader harry reid. nbc's lee cowan is there and spoke with tea party organizers about what they hope is a big event. >> reporter: searchlight, nevada, doesn't even have a stoplight. it's picturesque but desolate area. but valuable because it's home to senate majority leader harry reid. >> he's done a lot of things americans are upset about. why not start in his backyard. >> reporter: diane kendall helped organize searchlight area, featured speaker sarah palin, hoping to bring people

Out. >> is there anger? >> yes. >> reporter: he's one of them, drove all the way from montana in his t-bird. >> anything specific to the health care that was passed. >> nothing you can print. >> searchlight's rv lots are full and the town's only motel has been booked for weeks. house boats on the nearby lake are rented out as rooms. still, those who consider reid a neighbor, even a distant neighbor, even if they disagree with politics think having the tea party came co-to his hometown is impolite. >> why in the world do they want to come here? they don't know him. >> the great-grandson of the ...