On the outside, signs off US 1 in Flagler County touted a rally against the healthcare and tax system.

On the inside, it was a Tea Party get-together.

One of the first people we meet is Ron Radford, president of the Flagler County Republican Club. He happens to be African-American.

He's the first to admit, “most people think I'm a Democrat.”

Which is just what Gail St. Pierre used to be, a New York/New Jersey life-long Democrat.

St. Pierre helped organize the day-long rally at the Thunder Gulch Campground in Bunnell.

But then she began questioning the parties. “I found that, well I'm not really sure the Republican Party is exactly where I'm at. I know the Tea Party is.”

At this rally, everything from Common Core to the Affordable Care Act -- and just four days since Tax Day -- the IRS was fair game.

All familiar themes for the Tea Party and groups like them.

It was enough to get the nation's attention during the 2010 elections but that Tea Party fervor has declined since.

Yet local organizers here in Flagler County said reports of the Tea Party's demise are greatly exaggerated.

St. Pierre believes this process is a marathon.

“We're getting our second breath and we're really happy about the potential," she said. "We're not happy with what's going on now but we're really excited and happy about the potential.”

And Republican Ron Radford doesn't mind the splintering of his party. He just wants candidates, local and national, to stand for something.

“If you don't stand for anything... you don't stand for anything.”

Congressman Ron DeSantis was scheduled to speak at the rally and Senator Marco Rubio sent a videotaped message to the groups.