Live blogging Americans for Prosperity's Defending the American Dream Summit

Steven Swint of Dry Fly Politics and Associate Editor of the Mitt Report is live blogging Americans for Prosperity's Defending the American Dream Summit.

Today’s lineup includes:
Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, and Lt. Governor Michael and the Key Note speech Mitt Romney!

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"This year, the Defending the American Dream Summit promises to be a massive show of force in support of lower taxes, more limited government and free-market policies that deliver the American dream," she said.
The foundation is a Washington-based group that has long encouraged Congress to eliminate earmarks, which let lawmakers add items to certain spending bills, bypassing the traditional budget process.
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/256596.html

Sounds good.

Mitt picked up another endorsement today.

Romney gets support of NH anti-tax crusader

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney picked up the endorsement from New Hampshire anti-tax advocate Tom Thompson today.

Thompson, the son of conservative former governor Mel Thompson, has been a person that many Republican presidential candidates have wooed by visiting his farm in Orford.

His father was known for his “Ax the Tax” campaign. Most recently Tom has fought against a “view tax” in which some local communities charge more property taxes for properties with a nice view.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/primarysource/2007/10/romney_gets_sup.html

You sure know how to pick them!

I sure do! Hey, he may not be perfect, but he is no RINO (Republican In Name Only). Not sure what a RHINO is.....but I don't think he's one of those either.

10 Most Conservative House Members
Ranked by the American Conservative Union The American Conservative Union (ACU) just released its annual ratings of Congress. The ACU rating is widely regarded as the “gold standard,” the definitive conservative assessment of the federal legislative branch. Below are the 10 most conservative active House members, based on their 2006 (109th Congress, 2nd Session) ratings. The current ratings for all members are available at www.acuratings.org.

10. J. Gresham Barrett (R.-S.C.)
2006 ACU rating: 96%
Lifetime ACU rating: 98%
Years of Service: 4

9. Marilyn Musgrave (R.-Colo.)
2006 ACU rating: 96%
Lifetime ACU rating: 99%
Years of Service: 4

8. Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz.)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 95%
Years of Service: 6

7. Randy Neugebauer (R.-Tex.)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 95%
Years of Service: 4

6. Steve King (R.-Iowa)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 97%
Years of Service: 4

5. Jeb Hensarling (R.-Tex)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 98%
Years of Service: 4

4. Trent Franks (R.-Ariz.)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 98%
Years of Service: 4

3. John Shadegg (R.-Ariz.)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 98%
Years of Service: 12

2. Scott Garrett (R.-N.J.)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 100%
Years of Service: 4

1. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.)
2006 ACU rating: 100%
Lifetime ACU rating: 100%
Years of Service: 6

Of all the presidential candidates who spoke at the summit, it seems Mitt got the most positive reaction from the audience of fiscal conservative activists. The comments regarding Mitt's speech at this summit are so positive they probably deserve their own thread.

Beyond just the embedded tax issue, he certainly hit the right notes from the perspective of improving U.S. global competitiveness -- making the Bush tax cuts permanent, eliminating the death tax, a new 0 percent tax rate on savings for low- and middle-class savers, and lowering the corporate tax rate. Like the other candidates, he noted that other countries are dropping their corporate taxes -- he cited the Irish model -- leaving the United States at a clear disadvantage.
http://blog.nam.org/archives/2007/10/mitt_romney_dis.php

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