(The Washington Times) – Organizers behind the bodacious “Road to Majority” conference are determined to wrangle conservatives onto the same page as the 2014 midterm elections loom. The event, virtually ignored so far by the mainstream press, begins Thursday at a hotel just three blocks from the White House. “This conference is a chance to unify all conservatives. And I mean social conservatives, tea party folks, fiscal conservatives, middle of the road Republicans — everyone,” Gary Marx, executive director of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, tells Inside the Beltway. “This is a chance to focus, to get on the real road to a majority together. And there’s no big push towards the 2016 presidential election. That comes later,” Mr. Marx says. “Right now, this is all about 2014.” The Georgia-based nonprofit is behind the three-day event, with initial welcomes from Republican Sens. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson and Mike Lee, among other lawmakers. Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Grover Norquist, Jonah Goldberg and Dick Morris later host an “after hours event.” A parade of luminaries follows over the next 48 hours: Sens. John Cornyn and Jeff Sessions, Jeb Bush, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, plus Reps. Paul Ryan, Michele Bachmann and Marsha Blackburn. To name a few, a very few. (Excerpt) Read more at: The Washington Times
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:12:32 +0000
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