Wow...what a day! The second day of CPAC was really busy, with a couple of surprises thrown in. First, Pat Buchanan addressed the conference and discussed the "hits and misses" of the Republican party:
There were various book signings during the day...here was Jerome Corsi of Unfit for Command fame:
David Horowitz, author of Unholy Alliance:
Craig Shirley, author of Reagan's Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All:
One of my favorite personalities is Michael Medved. I got to meet him and talk with him for a few moments. I thanked him for giving me something to listen to in the afternoons, especially during the campaign:
While waiting in line with Matt Margolis (of Blogs for Bush fame), Patrick Ruffini stopped by to talk to us:
After about a 45 minute wait, Matt and I and some of the SD delegation got to meet both Zell Miller and Oliver North. Here is me with Zell:
A shot of Zell and Olie:
One of the big-name speakers was Ann Coulter. The room was PACKED. This was about as close as I got. The BIG surprise is that her special guest was no other than Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report! They both held a short Q&A session discussing conservative issues. Matt brought up the "Geffen" scoop on his site concerning Hillary. Other CPAC bloggers have pics too: check out Miscellaneous Objections and The National Debate (for backstage pics). Erick also live-blogged her/their appearance.
"Radio Row was indeed busy. Shmuley Botech was animated as always:
Kevin McCullough is seen here with Erick-Woods Erickson (of Confessions of a Political Junkie fame). He later interviewed both Erick and Chris Nolan:
The "shocker" was when Michael Medved got Al Franken and John O'Neill together. For some reason, Franken got angry and was going to storm off the Medved's set. Outside the Belway and The American Mind have more on the outburst. I got video of it, but am looking for a host. Eventually Medved got the two together for his radio show:
Probably the highlight of my day was finally getting to meet and talk to Michelle Malkin!! Bless her heart, as she noted she was not feeling well at all, but made it up to CPAC. She told me to keep up the great work blogging and to keep sending her links. Matt Margolis and Lashawn Barber also have first-hand accounts of our Michelle Malkin experiences (and Matt has a better picture of Michelle and I...will post when he emails it).
So bascially, today ROCKED MY WORLD. Possibly more to post tonight....for now, enjoy the pictures!
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