NN&V Exclusive (Las Vegas, Nevada) – The 2012 Conservative Leadership Conference announced today that Texas Congressman Ron Paul has been selected as this year’s recipient of the event’s “Barry Goldwater Award,” named after the late “Conscience of a Conservative” United States senator fromArizona who was the GOP’s presidential nominee in 1964. “While Sen. Goldwater ‘lost’ in 1964,” said Chuck Muth, president of Citizen Outreach and co-host of the annual event, “his candidacy launched the modern-day [...]
NN&V Exclusive (Las Vegas, Nevada) – The 2012 Conservative Leadership Conference announced today that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been selected as this year’s recipient of the event’s “Courage Under Fire Award.” “When Gov. Walker took office in January 2011, the State ofWisconsin, like many other states, faced a severe state budget deficit,” saidChuck Muth, president of Citizen Outreach and co-host of the conference. “But unlike other governors who raised taxes to close the gap, [...]
NN&V Exclusive (Las Vegas, NV – May 14, 2012) – The 2012 Conservative Leadership Conference announced today that Richard Viguerie has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the event’s “Reagan Legacy Award.” Viguerie transformed American politics in the 1960s and ’70s by pioneering the use of direct mail fundraising in the political and ideological spheres. He used computerized direct mail fundraising to help build the conservative movement, which then elected Ronald Reagan as the [...]
(Las Vegas, NV) – Organizers of the 5th annual Conservative Leadership Conference in Las Vegas on June 8-10 announced today that, Katie Pavlich – Townhall.com columnist and author of the new best-selling book on the Operation Fast and Furious scandal – has been chosen to receive the event’s first Andrew Breitbart Award. The award is named after the late conservative firebrand activist who passed away in March. Katie will accept the award and deliver a [...]
(Las Vegas, Nevada) – In light of the recent death of conservative icon Andrew Breitbart, Citizen Outreach announced today the establishment of an “Andrew Breitbart Award,” which will be presented at the scheduled Awards Luncheon this year at the 5th annual Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC). “Andrew keynoted our conference last year,” said Chuck Muth, president of Citizen Outreach and co-sponsor of the conference. “His 30-minute speech stretched to well over an hour – and not [...]
(On July 9, more than 200 attendees at the Conservative Leadership Conference listened to Eric O’Keefe explain different aspects of health care reform. O’Keefe is Chairman of Sam Adams Alliance, a Chicago-based, free market organization, and chief advocate for the Health Care Compact. – Ed.) (The Health Care Compact Alliance) - Today the Health Care Compact, an agreement between participating states that restores authority and responsibility for health care regulation to member states, was signed [...]
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Conservatives eager to sift through the current GOP field to find a viable challenger to President Barack Obama were treated to two of them this weekend at Citizen Outreach’s Conservative Leadership Conference held July 9 in Las Vegas. Businessman Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, is a favorite of the grassroots and blogger communities. He emerged from relative obscurity with a strong debate performance this May and has [...]
(Thomas Mitchell/4th St) – Quoting Ronald Reagan to a roomful of conservatives is like throwing red meat in the tiger cage. They eat it up. That’s precisely what Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund did at the Conservative Leadership Conference this past weekend in Henderson. Fund, who writes the weekly “On the Trail” column for OpinionJournal.com, told the audience Reagan believed that in extraordinary times ordinary people would rise up and do extraordinary things, adding [...]
(Las Vegas, NV) – Tickets for the Conservative Awards Luncheon at Saturday’s 2011 Conservative Leadership Conference at the M Resort in Las Vegas are sold out; however, there are still general admission passes available for sale in advance or at the door. Here is the conference’s scheduled agenda (subject to last-minute changes): Morning General Session I – 8:30 am Sen. Dean Heller Rep. Joe Heck Former state Sen. Mark Amodei Assemblyman Ed Goedhart Nevada GOP Chairman Amy Tarkanian Morning General Session [...]
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