My carpool and I are heading to Pittsburgh this afternoon for the second annual RightOnline conference. Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, it’s a collection of speakers, workshops and panels designed to advance the Right online, geared for novice and advanced levels of online activists. It coincides with Netroots Nation (formerly Yearly Kos), a similar–albeit much [...]

Protests and the conservative message are an unnatural pair. As I heard someone joke at a conference years ago: What do we want? Gradual change! When do we want it? In due course! In fact, that’s a great case against the idea that the momentum at town hall meetings, where folks who want limited government [...]

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“Join Roy Blunt for a special event this Saturday, June 20, with Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder and former U.S. Senator Jim Talent.
The event will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac in the Ambassador Ballroom. The address is 1335 South Lindbergh, St. Louis, 63131. Please join us for [...]

With so many recent events in the last few months: CPAC, SXSW, CES, Microsoft Convergence, etc, there are events for everyone. But, I have found with the ones I have attended, and from talking to other attendees, what makes them great are not just the speaker and the event itself, but the side events. For [...]

On Tuesday, I joined a group of conservative bloggers to meet with Rep. Tom Price, congressman from Georgia and the chairman of the Republican Study Committee. A staunch conservative and a 20-year veteran of orthopedic surgery, Price met with us to discuss–appropriately–Congress’ spending spree and health care. He also took questions from the crowd of [...]

It was fantastic to connect with other bloggers and conservative activists alike. Readers of this blog can look forward to enriched material, as I hope to turn to other experts for more complete research and analysis. Stay tuned, as well, for posts that detail the great work of conservative organizations and activists.
For now–with not enough [...]

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It’s been a pleasure to meet bloggers, fellow members of Smart Girl Politics and Twitter friends this week.
I’m so thrilled to have met Ginny Ray of Obi’s Sister; Jimmie of The Sundries Shack; Justin of Shots on the House; Duane Lester of All American Blogger and RFC Radio (note the new widget on the site–so [...]