…fabulous! I’ll update this post tomorrow with highlights and photos.
Update (8/2): (Left to right: Scott Johnson, Alex Mooney, and Mark Tapscott)
Mark Tapscott, Scott Johnson, and I were invited to Young America’s Foundation’s 27th Annual National Conservative Student Conference to discuss how blogging is changing America, moderated by Alex Mooney.
Mark is a journalist and blogger, and he talked about how fortunate we are to have such an effective, affordable-to-the-masses, new medium like blogs. He believes blogs can have a similar impact on government as they’re having on politics and mainstream media. I met Mark at BlogNashville, had lunch with him a month ago here in DC, and was very glad to see him again yesterday. He’s the Director for the Center for Media and Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and I suggest you check his blog frequently to find out what he’s up to.
Scott is a lawyer and Power Line blogger, and he talked about the biggest blog story of the year: Rathergate. Scott authored The Sixty-First Minute, the post that started it all. We were allotted only 10 minutes for our introductions, but I and everyone else were left wanting to hear more about the evolution of the scandal that left an ugly mark on CBS. Power Line was named TIME magazine’s Blog of the Year.
I gave a brief bio, how and why I started blogging, and what blogging has done for me. I mentioned my business, the power of blogs, how easy it is to start, etc. Political Teen has the video of all three mini-speeches. The Q&A was the most interesting part, but I don’t know if CSPAN has posted a link.
I arrived about an hour before the presentation, saw Scott, and recognized him right away. Power Line is such a popular, powerful, and influential blog, I didn’t know what to expect. Would he be aloof? Formal? Fun? I extended my hand to shake his.
And he gave me a big hug. 
