Last night my daughter Daena and I attended a gala honoring Dr. James Dobson, hosted by FRC. Click on the image below to view a CitizenLink.com 4-minute synopsis of Day 2 of the FRC Washington Briefing and Dobson gala. Also watch a video clip of Day 1 at this link:

3:50p: There is controversy stirring over the online vs. onsite straw poll- that the combined total does not accurately reflect the sentiment of the Briefing, since it is thought that at least three candidate support groups tried to influence the online vote. So the vote totals have also been made available separately. Here is the […]

8:05p Gary Bauer, President,

Today House Democrats failed to override President Bush’s veto of their thinly veiled scheme to codify universal health care by expanding SCHIP. That was a relief. But their shameless exploitation of children during this debate was inexcusable and should not be given a pass. It should come as no surprise. If liberals exploit preborn children […]

Fox News and the scheduled to speak at the Family Research Council Washington Briefing tomorrow morning, although the AP is reporting he will announce in KS. Brownback is very strong on the pro-life issue, but his campaign never got traction. Third quarter filing reports showed he came in 7th of the 9 GOP candidates on […]

Another FRC Washington Briefing prequel…. I attended a private meeting at which Ken Blackwell spoke, and he gave me permission to quote him. Blackwell is a former OH Secretary of State who unsuccessfully ran for governor last year. He is currently FRC’s Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment. Blackwell prefaced this remark by stating pro-lifers should […]

This is a prequel to the American Values and

I will be live blogging beginning Friday from this weekend’s