Posts Tagged ‘republican events’

RightOn: Heading to RightOnline in Pittsburgh

13th August 2009 by Catherine Favazza 2 Comments

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 [...]

Skeptic Joins the Town Hall Train: Providing a Backbone for the Good Guys

12th August 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

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 [...]

Former Sen. Jim Talent to Endorse Roy Blunt for Senate

19th June 2009 by Catherine Favazza 2 Comments

Via Facebook:
“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 [...]

5 steps to making your event better

18th March 2009 by Kirsten Wright 1 Comment

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 [...]

“…and that’s a dangerous place to be.”

12th March 2009 by Catherine Favazza Comments Off

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 [...]

Wrapping Up CPAC

2nd March 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

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 [...]

CPAC Twitter Updates

28th February 2009 by Catherine Favazza Comments Off

@VodkaPundit I didn’t get to say goodbye–but I’ll be in touch! in reply to VodkaPundit #
@mdrache Thank you! in reply to mdrache #
“And I forget, how many times did Lincoln vote present?” –Ann Coulter #cpac09 #
@decidedlyright See you then! #cpac09 in reply to decidedlyright #
@sanuzis They want to collaborate with Smart Girl Politics! Grateful to [...]

CPAC Connections

28th February 2009 by Catherine Favazza 3 Comments

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 [...]