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Saving Freedom Through Technology

19, Feb 2010

Dick Cheney is a hard act to follow. Scott Brown is a tougher one to precede. The task fell to me and four colleagues yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. We were talking about using technology to communicate. Check out the video from C-SPAN.
Both were surprise guests. Not that it lowered [...]

Video: How the Right Can Win Online

18, Aug 2009

I had the opportunity over the weekend to attend the second annual RightOnline conference in Pittsburgh. Last year’s event in Austin, Tex., was such a big hit that the Americans for Prosperity Foundation decided to follow Netroots Nation to the Steel City.
This year’s conference was just as fun — and provided a refreshing change from [...]

Jack Kemp, R.I.P.

5, May 2009

 
Jack Kemp (Photo by Chas Geer), originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.
 
I was 17 years old when Jack Kemp was running for vice president on Bob Dole’s ticket in 1996. I was a senior in high school and getting my first real taste of a political campaign. Kemp’s addition to the ticket was an important factor [...]

Where Does the Right Go From Here?

17, Nov 2008

Sometimes there’s just no time to blog. That was the case over the course of the past week when I gave two presentations about new media, spoke to an American University class about conservatism, moderated a discussion with Mary Katharine Ham and took part in a focus group on the future of the GOP. There [...]

The Unsung Heroes of Conservatism

28, Oct 2008

Today at the Conservative Bloggers’ Briefing at Heritage we heard from Ron Robinson, president of Young America’s Foundation. I invited Ron to talk about his new book, “Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement,” which he co-authored with Nicole Hoplin.
As a veteran of conservative causes, Ron has an understanding and history that few [...]

Honoring the 2008 Phillips Fellows

14, May 2008

It’s always a treat to attend the Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship Awards Dinner at the National Press Club. Last night’s celebration — my third year at the dinner and Missy’s second — was no different. Chairman Tom Phillips and John Farley put together a great event with an impressive list of attendees.
Eight young journalists were [...]

‘Leave Us Alone,’ Says Grover Norquist

21, Mar 2008

Earlier this week the Heritage Foundation took its weekly Conservative Bloggers’ Briefing on the road to the offices of Americans for Tax Reform, where Grover Norquist gave an outstanding presentation about his new book, “Leave Us Alone: Getting Government’s Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives.”
As usual, David All and Joe Mansour have done [...]

Where Are the Conservatives? At the Politics Online Conference

4, Mar 2008

It was about this time last year that conservative bloggers like myself began to ask why liberals were doing such a better job online, particularly in terms of raising money but also on messaging and activism. Those threads have largely disappeared, in part because of advances by conservatives (Slatecard and Rightroots to name a couple) [...]

William F. Buckley Jr., R.I.P.

27, Feb 2008

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Ed Meese, William F. Buckley Jr., and Ed Feulner, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Conservatives across the globe were saddened today by the news of William F. Buckley Jr.’s death, a great loss not only for [...]

Most Memorable CPAC Ever?

9, Feb 2008

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Mitt Romney at CPAC, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

The 2008 version of CPAC concluded earlier today with a straw poll that was fitting for perhaps the most memorable conference in CPAC’s 35-year history. Mitt Romney, [...]


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