Live from the Defending the American Dream Summit

Sitting on "blog row" at the AFP Defending the American Dream Summit.  I'll be making a few updates throughout the day.  State AFP Director Mark Block is making a few opening remarks. It's double the expected turnout here today.  The convention staff are bringing in even more chairs as I type because of the turnout.  The room is packed.

Mark just reported the overwhelming response to the upcoming "Tea Party" in Madison on April 15th, announced by radio personality Vicki McKenna on Monday.

As I said, I'm sitting on "blog row" with some prominent local new media types: Fred Dooley from Real Debate, Steve Eggleston from No Runny Eggs, Josh Schroeder, Patrick Dorwin from Badger Blogger, and there are other bloggers and new media types elsewhere in the hall.  I'll try to corner a few of them for comments.

Where's Waukesha?

Mark Block was up at the state Republican Convention in Stevens Point and noticed something curious:

However as you looked around the convention hall you had to wonder why the Waukesha County delegation seats were almost empty.

Look, if you don't hold the event at the Country Springs Hotel, you need to provide them with better maps. "Stevens Point? Is that near Minnesota?"

Block-buster blogging

Americans for Prosperity's Mark Block is blogging. He was inspired.

I just spent two day with Roy Innis. Mr. Innis is 74 years old and the national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality.

He came to Wisconsin on behalf of Americans for Prosperity to discuss the hysteria surrounding the Global Warming issue.

In all of his meeting he continued to tell his audiences - The American People Are Good People and Want to Do The Right Thing - If Only They Know What The Right Thing Is.

Our mission is to educate them on what we believe the right thing is. They may or may not agree. But if they only get one side of a story they will not have the facts to Do the right thing.

In a way, Mark kinda looks like Spike Lee.