Day Two at Right Online 2012 #RO12

LAS VEGAS, NV -- The opening session has gotten underway here in Ls Vegas.

At the moment, they are warming up the crowd for Michelle Malkin, Hugh Blew It Hewitt, and Roger Hedgecock.

Hearing for the second time, the story of Wisconsin's recall fight. It is an inspiring story filled with lots of little lessons for Ohio. Too bad our Republican Party fights against standing tall on conservative issues. THAT is the true difference between Wisconsin's big win and Ohio's big loss. Our governor could and should take a few lessons from Scott Walker. Congrats and hats off to AFP state director Luke Hilgemann for a job well done!

Ed Morrissey has stepped in to the blogger's row room and Michelle Malkin is on stage.

Malkin's talk was mostly about encouraging and rallying the troops to keep on doing what they are doing in the blogosphere and on Twitter. Inspiring as always and full of as much energy as one might expect. A real crowd-pleaser.

Hugh Hewitt is on now and I'd love to tell you what he's talking about but the livestream feed to the blogger's room keeps buffering... He has already mentioned PowerLine and Glenn Reynolds, so you know he is hitting all the usual notes.

Hewitt is talking about an issue that means a lot to me: what the administration (and quite frankly Congress) is doing to our military.

Last point from Hugh, he mentioned that Breitbart was all about helping other people "shine" putting the focus on the successes of others helps the movement. Promoting each other is what we should be doing because we complement each other; we don't compete with each other. This is what the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance is all about and I am happy to be a part of it. Breitbart is here!

Speaking of the SOB Alliance, we are pretty well represented here at RightOnline. In addition to me, Maggie Thurber, Jason Hart, and Nick "Bytor" Mascari are all here too. We have taken over two tables in the blogger's room in Buckeye solidarity!

More later...

Friday Night at RightOnline #RO12

Big day so far! When I checked in at CVG, the agent at the desk informed my that I could get to Vegas a whole hour earlier if I abandoned the original itinerary and went to Detroitistan instead of Salt Lake City. BONUS: I was upgraded to first class for the DET - LAS leg of my journey which was VERY NICE.

The original plan to meet up with some folks at the airport in Vegas failed to happen, so I managed to catch a shuttle over to the Venetian to check in and relax a little bit before heading over to the big show.

RightOnline opened with a social media bootcamp which was basically an introduction to a number of platforms, most of which I personally am a power user (like Facebook) or have zero interest (like Pinterest). I had to leave that one a little early in order to get to the next session.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) invited a few bloggers to participate in a briefing on the 2012 cycle. I learned a lot in this one. Most important topic was a discussion of the Wisconsin recall that I really want to discuss further with some folks to compare WI with Ohio.

The first reception in honor of Andrew Breitbart was next and now Sarah Palin is speaking at the welcome ceremony.

I am looking forward to the breakout sessions tomorrow. Also on the agenda is a Q&A with Jonah Goldberg which will be tons of fun I am sure.

Okay...back to Sarah Palin now...more tomorrow!