“The Southern Republican Leadership Conference meeting opened with a roar here Thursday night.” – Dan Balz, The Washington Post
“This conference will once again show that New Orleans is back open for business, and that it can host world-class events and high-profile national figures,” Scalise told WWL First News. Jay Vise Reporting
“Sarah Palin brought her unique political star power to New Orleans on Friday to charge up a slice of the activist base of the Republican Party gathered for the quadrennial Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC)”. - By DAVID CHALIAN, ABC News
“Many in a packed ballroom at the Hilton in downtown New Orleans hovered over their seats, waiting for the former Alaska governor to walk onto the stage so they could leap to their feet and applaud”. – MICHELLE MILLHOLLON, Advocate Capitol News Bureau
“Sky-high Republican hopes for 2010 are nowhere higher than in the South” – by Ron Elving, National Public Radio
“The road to victory begins in New Orleans according to the 4,000 Republicans delegates attending this weekend’s Southern Leadership Conference in the Crescent City” - Paul Murphy, WWLTV Eyewitness News
“Republicans were energized and ready to storm the ramparts” – Charlie Cook, National Journal Online
“…the energy and enthusiasm on display throughout the weekend reflect optimism among Republicans…” – Dan Balz, Washington Post
“Friday at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, it was red-meat Republican speechmaking.” - Malachi Constant, Channel 8 news
“I just spent three days in the closest thing there is to the central nervous system of the modern Republican Party… the quadrennial meeting of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference…” - Howard Fineman, Newsweek Web Exclusive
