Reagan Memorial Dinner

Over supper we were treated to a line up of speakers ranging from Laura Ingraham to the president of Americans for Prosperity to Congressmen Mike Pence from Indiana.

Laura Ingraham was very well received and garnered several standing ovations. In talking about the news of the day, Ingraham said, "My three favorite letters today are R. I. O." alluding to the smackdown the Olympic Committee gave the president after his trip to Copenhagen to beg for the Olympics to come to Chicago. She said Oprah was furious and wanted her cards to be returned.

But while Laura Ingraham's speak was attentively listened to and very sound conservatively, no speech was better received than Mike Pence's. Earlier this evening, Ingraham said that Reagan was the Great Communicator and that Obama was not. I would affirm that Mike Pence is a worthy successor to the title, though.

During Congressman Pence's speech, he exhorted the conservatives here today to keep fighting and encouraged us that he felt sure of a conservative victory in 2010 that would be a milestone in the history of conservatism.

Time and time again, the crowd rose to its feet, cheering what the Congressman said. Several times he had to wait for the applause to die down to continue his speech. The Congressman talked about how this group was the start of a new movement - a turning point in conservatism. He said, "I think the Republican Party has lost its way, but I think now we are finding our way back."

I thank God for men like Mike Pence who are not afraid to stand for what is right.