Herman Cain: The Parable of the Bumblebee

Pundette has this amazing video posted featuring a speech given by Herman Cain at SRLC in New Orleans Saturday. After watching this speech, it is easy to see why The Other McCain and Obi's Sister are so enthused by this man.  Though this time since Barack Obama has been President has been enormously challenging, we have reaped some benefit from this time as well.  Out of the ashes we have watched a few phoenixes rise.  Before today I had not heard of Herman Cain but he is a phoenix.  Remember after 2004 one rose on the left, just one, who was more smoke than fire.  We've seen Paul Ryan, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Michelle Bachman, Jim DeMint and still new people emerging every day as voices with the power to rise over the din of the media beating a drum for Barack Obama.   But Mr. Cain makes a crucial point here, Barack Obama and an election in 2012 are not our priorities right now.  Our priority is in November.  Beyond that, well Mr. Cain offers a suggestion at the very end.  Hint, don't shut off the video when he walks off the stage:




Video The Right Scoop

SRLC Coverage Livestream Sarah Palin's speech

Nice Deb is representing the Potluck bloggers at SRLC in New Orleans. Follow the link to her day 2 coverage. She has great photos and coverage from last night's events including Liz Cheney's speech here. Ed Morrissey is liveblogging over at Hot Air. Stacy McCain has an interview with Governor Gary Johnson and lots of pictures including one of Sarah Palin, or a reasonable facsimile posing with her favorite blogger.

Watch live streaming video from srlc at livestream.com

Liz Cheney and Highlights from SRLC

Liz Cheney gave a great speech tonight at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. The Right Scoop caught the highlight of a speech filled with zingers aimed directly at this administration and as you will see the media wasn't spared.



Via Memeorandum
Coverage of the conference contains some novel criticisms from the media. Politico couldn't resist the opportunity to remind readers of Bush's failures during Hurricane Katrina using the New Orleans setting as an opening:

Five years after President Bush's failed response to a natural disaster in New Orleans deeply damaged his party's credibility and helped sweep them from power, top Republicans speaking to supporters in New Orleans tonight made no mention of Hurricane Katrina.

The post notes the city has rebounded but the population remains 75% of what it was 10 years ago. Having my roots in upstate Pennsylvania I remember the devastation of Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Thirty seven years later the city is still a shadow of its former self. That's quite a testimony for the Democratic leadership and economic policies that have had control of government there ever since. New Orleans Democratic Mayor Ray Nagin hands off keys to the city to Mary Landrieu's brother Mitch but it is Bush who continues to be tied to the failures of the city during a time of crisis.

Politico ends the post with two quotes I am sure were intended for irony:

"Nothing makes people more convinced of the rightness of conservative causes than seeing the alternative in action," said Cheney.

Said Watts, "History’s going to be kind to George W. Bush."

Well Politico really nailed the right with those quotes.  Consider me mortally wounded and moving on.   On a positive note CNN continues its' shock and awe strategy of covering the news from the right without bias.  CNN reported on Sarah Palin's dinner out in New Orleans in the private dining room at the acclaimed John Besh restaurant August

Palin shared a meal with Cathy Maples, a Huntsville, Alabama resident who bid $63,500 in an online last September to win a dinner with the governor. The proceeds of that auction went to Road2Recovery, a charity that assists wounded veterans. Besh donated the cost of the meal to the cause.

The chef, himself a former Marine, served several of the courses and shared stories of his service in the military, according to the aide. Palin and Besh also chatted about Hurricane Katrina's impact on the city - a topic that went unmentioned during the opening night of the SRLC on Thursday.

Ok we'll be waiting for Politico to post an update with the news that Sarah Palin discussed the impact of Katrina on the city.  Waiting, and waiting and waiting.  

While you're waiting, The Other McCain and Nice Deb are covering the conference live.