Earlier this month I wrote about Ralph Reed's upcoming Faith and Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing to be held in Washington, D.C., September 9-11 which Reed is calling the "the political equivalent of NFL minicamp."
Today, Reed sent out an email urging activists to register and provided the first look at the line-up of scheduled speakers he has landed:
- Gary Bauer, President, American Values
- Ken Blackwell, Senior Fellow of Family Empowerment, Family Research Council
- Glen Bolger, Political strategist and pollster
- Jim Bopp, Legal Counsel, Faith & Freedom Coalition
- Brent Bozell, President, Media Research Center
- Herman Cain, Conservative radio talk show host
- Tucker Carlson, Political correspondent
- Teresa Collett, Congressional candidate (R-MN 4th district)
- Kellyanne Conway, President and CEO, Women Trend
- S.E. Cupp, Author, “Losing Our Religion”
- Majorie Dannenfelser, President , Susan B. Anthony List
- Brian Donahue, Founder, CRAFT Media/Digital
- Erick Erickson, Founder, RedState.com
- Mindy Finn, E- Media strategist
- J. Randy Forbes, Congressmen (R-VA-4th district)
- John Fund, Political journalist and conservative columnist
- Dr. Jim Garlow, Coauthor, “Cracking Da Vinci's Code”
- Tim Goeglein, Vice President, Focus on the Family
- Ed Goeas, Political strategist and pollster
- Deal Hudson, Director, Morley Institute for Church and Culture
- Richard Land, President, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
- Anna Little, Congressional candidate (R-NJ-6th district)
- Dana Loesch, Conservative radio talk show host
- Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Leader
- Jack St. Martin, Partner, Orange Hat Group
- Jason Mattera, Political Blogger and Author of “Obama Zombies”
- Thaddeus McCotter, Congressman (R-MI-11th district)
- Bob McDonnell, Governor of Virginia
- Mark Meckler, Tea Party Leader
- Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
- Star Parker, Congressional candidate (R-CA-37th district)
- Tony Perkins, President, the Family Research Council
- Tom Price, Congressmen (R-GA-6th district)
- Karl Rove, Sr. Advisor, White House
- Patrick Ruffini, E-Media Strategist
- Chip Saltsman, Former Campaign Manager, Mike Huckabee for President
- Rick Santorum, Former U.S. Senator
- Tim Scott, Congressional candidate (R-SC-1st district)
- Orit Sklar, Executive Director, Fulton County Republican Party
- Mark Smith, President, Ohio Christian University
- Matt Smith, Priest
- Bill Stephens, President, Florida Faith & Freedom Coalition
- Jim Talent, Former U.S. Senators
- Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow , Heritage Foundation
- Jackie Walorski, Congressional candidate (R-IN-2nd district)
- Lynn Westmoreland, United States Congressman (R-GA-3rd district)
Interestingly, the names Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Huckabe are not on this list despite the fact that Reed has been using them in his promos for weeks now:
