Meanwhile, RNC Committeewoman Demetre DeMonte and Herman Cain spoke on the stage, and I went up and visited some of my friends from Northern Illinois Patriots.
Phil Kerpen is speaking now about the Congress, warning about the lame duck session.
Warner has posted a picture of Bloggers' Row, where you can see me, and the evidence that the demonstrators came in on CPS school buses.
Pete Hoekstra gave a good talk, now we're hearing from John Fund: "You are the voice of the new politics... The people must get involved."
Marathon Pundit reports on the Breitbart interview.
Bill Brady is speaking now. There have been reports over the past week suggesting that Brady would skip this event. He's giving his standard stump speech, but it's being well-received.
Andrew Breitbart is speaking now, bragging about how he intimidated the protesters outside. "We the people have to become the media, we have to become vigilant."
There's a Presidential Straw Poll being taken; the results will be announced Monday. Candidates are: Haley Barbour, Herman Cain, Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney. I think that's a good list.
Aaron Schock is on now; someone booed him when he was introduced, otherwise he got polite applause. What color is that tie? More energetic applause when he brags about voting against the stimulus. "More Americans believe that Elvis Presley is still alive than believe that stimulus bill created jobs." Nancy Thorner, sitting next to me, is nodding "right, right," as Schock complains that there have been no new nuclear plants in the U.S. in 20 years.
Schock gets a standing ovation when he wishes for a president "who will stand up to the rogue states of Iran, and Korea, and not the State of Arizona." Diersen points out that as soon as he mentions immigration, he gets the standing O.
Just went back to the interview room to see Aaron Schock (his tie is purple). When I asked about the response he got on the Arizona remark, he reiterated that the president needs to focus on real problems.
Glenn Beck is on now (his tie is also purple). I don't watch his show much, but he's doing great. I know this because he's covering some of the same themes that I've focused on recently.
Beck on charity: "There are millions of people in America who cannot make ends meet. There are millions of people who don't have jobs. They need help, and if we don't help them, the government must. Let's put the government out of business by being charitable ourselves."
Beck: "We're not stupid, and we refuse to be treated like children. We're not violent, we're not racist, we're just not going to stand for it any longer."
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