Kate Sheppard

Another element of the straw poll results came up at the press conference. When they said that the top four issues for “values voters” were life, marriage, tax cuts, and permanent tax relief for families, what they actually meant was that those were the top four among the narrow range voters were allowed to pick […]

Some interesting insight from the official press conference on the straw poll. The results they announced in the general session are actually the sum of both the online poll of Family Research Council Action members, and the representatives gathered here today. Only 1,537 votes were cast manually on-site, and another 600 or so of the […]

They’re about to announce the winner of today’s straw poll, conducted after the last speech concluded a few hours ago. Right now, someone from ivotevalues.org is pitching their site. Find out about candidates, register to vote, oh, and “Pray for God to intervene.” Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council comes on to announce. First, […]

It’s lunchtime here at the Values Voter Summit. Only a few press folks are milling about the auditorium, and the sound guys are checking the system in preparation for the afternoon’s events. Suddenly, Bob Dylan’s “Visions of Johanna” comes blaring from the speakers. It played for just a few seconds before someone switched to a […]

Huckabee came out swinging, which many assumed would happen, but it was an even far more aggressive, direct speech than I expected. While he didn’t mention other candidates by name, he was clearly challenging their credibility with evangelical Christians. “I come to you not as one that comes to you, but as one that comes […]

Myrna Blyth: The biggest threats to freedom are women’s magazines and The View. “The women in media are often the most admired women in this country, so they tend to have greater influence as they express what they don’t think to be bias in the morning news shows, on television, in many ways.” –Kate Sheppard

I’m pretty sure Mark Levin just referred to Hillary Clinton as “Her Thighness.” It’s not enough to rip on her health care plan, her stance on abortion, or her record in the Senate. Nope. Clearly, her body is the real problem. Also, the fact that it involves a vagina. –Kate Sheppard

Giuliani‘s method for winning values voters: talk until you hit on some points they can agree with. His speech was nearly twice as long as those of the previous candidates, and started out with a lengthy, roundabout explanation of why he’s not publicly religious and doesn’t agree with them on all issues, but they should […]

Romney hitting all the right buttons for this crowd. While the earlier candidates covered a whole range of issues, he’s been hammering away at the family for his entire speech — focusing on the family, if you will. It went over quite well — much better than the lackluster speeches this morning. Highlights and crowd-pleasers: […]