Discussing Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally today on CSPAN, Ralph Reed of the Faith & Freedom Coalition said, “This is not a tea party event. It is not a political event.”

Whether officially a tea party event or no, tea party infrastructure has been heavily involved in the rally's promotion, logistics, and attendance. According to an August 27 ABC News article, “FreedomWorks, which organized last year's Tea Party extravaganza in Washington, D.C. and is planning another rally on Sept. 12, is helping Beck's team with promotion and logistics.” Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler is quoted in the article, saying, “I can't find anywhere that people aren't coming from to go to this event. Our members are coming from all over the country.”

Indeed, members of both FreedomWorks and Tea Party Patriots have organized bus trips to “Restoring Honor.”

As explained on a page of the Tea Party Patriots website, “Tea Party Patriots will be coordinating the volunteer marshalls for the 8/28 Restoring Honor event at the Lincoln Memorial.” An August 24 Politico article reported that Beck requested that the tea party group assist with planning the rally:

At the request of Beck's team, which lacked the organizational infrastructure or logistical know-how to pull off Saturday's march, Tea Party Patriots agreed to help promote the march among its 500,000 e-mail subscribers and to provide 400 volunteers to staff it, a requirement before the National Park Service would issue a permit.