Palin denounces 'Obamacare' at tea-party rally

SEARCHLIGHT, Nevada - Sarah Palin told thousands of conservative tea party activists assembled in the Nevada desert Saturday that they should "fire" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats from Congress in the upcoming national election.

The wind whipped US flags behind the former Alaska governor as she stood on a makeshift stage and spoke to the cheering crowd in Reid's hometown. She told them Reid, fighting for re-election, is "gambling away our future."

"Someone needs to tell him, this is not a crapshoot," Palin said.