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Live Blogging Samsphere Denver
For those of you covering or attending Samsphere Denver, Slapstick Politics has a good amount of footage on the event. He’s also got a live blogging interface up so that you can watch the discussion as the session unfolds.
I’ll post the first video here. You can watch the rest here.
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I’m currently sitting in a room packed full of free-market bloggers here at Samsphere Denver. The day will be getting started here in about ten minutes, and I for one can’t wait for the day to unfold.
Because of the busy day, and the fact that I’ll be traveling to the West coast through Thursday, I probably won’t be able to do a lot of blogging over the next five days. That being said I’ll do what I can.
Finally, I leave you with a list of confirmed bloggers for Samsphere Denver.
CONFIRMED BLOGGERS
Anthony Surace at Rocky Mountain Right
Denise Mund at Colorado Charter Schools
Brian Schwartz at Wakalix
John Martin at The Drunkablog
Ray Thomas at The Thoma$ Report
Randy Ketner at Night Twister
Ben DeGrow at Mount Virtus
Michael Sandoval at Slapstick Politics
Ross Kaminsky at Rossputin
Jon Caldara at The Cauldron
Brad Jones at Face the State
David Harsanyi at David Harsanyi
Jeff Goldstein at Protein Wisdom
Patrick Sperry at Conservative Libertarian Outpost
Bob Ball at The Daily Blogster
Marty Neilson at Colorado Taxpayer
Bob Agard at Bob’s Blog
Richard Combs at Combs Spouts Off
David Petteys at Backbone America
I remember a conversation back in October about how nice it would be for there to be a blogger event for center-right e-activists to network, learn from each other, and gain a better understanding of where we need to go as a movement. Back then it wasn’t clear if this sort of meeting could work, or if it would even happen, but I lobbied heavily for it and those who I work with agreed it needed to be attempted.
Five months later we gathered in Chicago, Illinois, for the first Samsphere event. It was the first of its kind, and one the center-right state based bloggers (including myself) had been in need of for years.
In total, including those of us from Illinois, there were about 50 in attendance. These 50 bloggers, in my opinion, can be some of the strongest and most influential bloggers in the country. Why? Well, because this group follows, blogs, and participates in local politics.
I had a preexisting relationship with a good portion of the bloggers who attended Samsphere Chicago, but is was wonderful to get to meet everyone who I have dealt with online for many years now. And even more encouraging to meet with and network with new bloggers whom I had, until Continue Reading
I’ll be joining a fine group of bloggers this weekend for SamSphere Chicago. As an organizer for the event, I’m guessing I won’t have a lot of time to blog, but I’ll try and post updates and notes on the event as time permits.
The following is a full list of confirmed bloggers.
Confirmed Bloggers:
Name*Blog*Blog Region
Erick Erickson * RedState * National
Allen Fuller * Flat Creek Management * National
John Fund * Wall Street Journal * National
Brad Jones * Face the State * National
Jenn Sierra * Fort Hard Knox * National
Erik Telford * Americans for Prosperity * National
E.M. Zanotti * American Princess * National
Bill Smith * ARRA News Service * Arkansas
Ben DeGrow * Mount Virtus * Colorado
Mark Johnson * ILGOPnet * Illinois
Doug Welch * Stix * Illinois
Bob Weeks * Wichita Liberty * Kansas
Earl Glynn * Kansas Meadowlark * Kansas
Jeff Blanco * Louisiana Conservative * Louisiana
Lance Dutson * Maine Web Report * Maine
Jack McHugh * Mackinac Center * Michigan
Chet Zarko * Outside Lansing * Michigan
Jim Hoft * Gateway Pundit * Missouri
Craig Sprout * Montana Politics * Montana
Chuck Muth * Muth’s Truths * Nevada
Skip Murphy * Granite Grok * New Hampshire
Mario Burgos * Mario Burgos * New Mexico
Maggie Thurber * Thurber’s Thoughts * Ohio
Chris Arps * Oklahoma Political News Service * Oklahoma
Trent Siebert * Tennessee Policy Institute * Tennessee
Leslie Carbone * Leslie Carbone * Virginia
Don Ward * Sound Politics * Washington
Fred Dooley * Real Debate Wisconsin * Wisconsin
Tristen Cramer * Haemet * Wyoming
Chad Everson * Grizzly Groundswell * Minnesota
Steve Sibson * Sibby Online * South Dakota
Sam Adams Alliance Staff
Nic Hall * Nicky Cheese * Illinois (currently in Texas)
Bob Costello * cozcommunio * Illinois
John Tsarpalas * Tsarchats * Illinois
Ken Marrero * Blue Collar Muse * Tennessee
Eric Odom * Eric Odom * Illinois
Mike Van Winkle * A Chicago Blog * Illinois
Micheal Tams * American Federalist * Illinois
Jodi Bridges * Thirty Something * illinois
Lennie Jarratt * Open Source Activism * Illinois
Drew Veeneman * Trenches of Democracy * Illinois
State Policy Network
Nicole Williams
