The Conservative Revolution

This weekend I attended the 20th annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Harrisburg. I have to say that compared to many other conferences I attend each year, this one was one of the best.

The panelists and speakers were high quality, delivered important and useful messages and were accessible after their speeches to discuss how attendees could work with them to move their ideas forward.

FreedomWorks was able to recruit new chapter leaders, sign up new members and talk about our federal and state priorities. We made some great local contacts that will be great to work with on both local and federal issues. And our field coordinator, Joe Hilliard, is proving to be a good leader and a great representative of our organization. I left the conference excited and optimisitic about our ability to make a difference in a state that is somewhat hostile to our ideas. The Republican Party in PA has been working against conservatives in many instances, and we hope that we can help put an end to this disgraceful behavior by working with groups like The Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania, PA Club for Growth and the Commonwealth Foundation.

Keep an eye out on these groups and FreedomWorks Pennsylvania in the months to come. It’s going to be fun to watch, and hopefully we will be able to tap into the anger among conservatives in the state and channel that anger into moving our ideas forward in Harrisburg.