My first day at my first at CPAC was great, mainly because of the people I met. Let me share with you the fine folks I mingled with at CPAC 09:
- Jimmie from the Sundries Shack helped me get wifi and introduced me to a lot of people. Big thanks to him.
- Ed Morrissey from Hot Air was doing his show across the table from me on Blogger’s Row. I made sure to thank him for the attention he gave RFC Radio last week.
- Finally met Melissa Clouthier in person. She writes at Right Wing News and her own blog. She may be the most cheerful person in the DC-Metro area. What a treat it was to meet her.
- I also met Katie Favazza. If you don’t know, aside from her blog, she is a member of Smart Girl Politics.
- Robert Stacy McCain. Here’s your shameless link, my friend. Do you have a Twitter account?
- Alfonzo Rachel was a great person to chat with. He seemed a little overwhelmed with how much everyone loves his videos.
- Andrea Shea King, the Radio Patriot, was at the American for Fair Taxation affair.
- As was Fausta. Both are really nice ladies. Here is Fausta’s Blog.
- Laura Williams sat behind me at Pajamas Media’s Conservatism 2.0 lectures/panels. I met her and Horace Cooper at the Conservative Leadership Conference. They had a briefing at 6:00, but I was still at the ATR open bar saying, "OK, just one more rum and Coke." Sorry, Laura. I really meant to go. And I know it was an open bar there also.
- James Joyner of Outside the Beltway is here also.
- Finally, Jimmie introduced me to Bettina Inclan. You can follow her on Twitter. She a great person to chat with, and very soft on the eyes.
Well, I am looking forward to another great day today. Hopefully I can meet even more fabulous conservatives.
Here’s a bonus for you – the speech John Bolton gave yesterday that I thought was worth hearing:
