Steve King-athon Iowa Freedom Summit Jan. 24: commentary thread

[Mr. Morden]

This Des Moines event is being held from 9am to 5pm Central (10am-6pm Eastern) on Saturday, the 24th.  You'll be able to watch live video of the event here:

http://features.desmoinesregister.com/news/politics/freedom-summit/live.php

Potential 2016 candidates who will be speaking include:

http://www.iafreedomsummit.com

Bolton
Carson
Christie
Cruz
Fiorina
Gilmore
Huckabee
Palin
Perry
Santorum
Trump
Walker

Post any commentary you have on this here.

[Mr. Morden]

Some of the speakers arriving at their hotels:

[Mr. Morden]

Pics of Jim Gilmore and Scott Walker:

http://instagram.com/p/yQBgwriiBD/

http://instagram.com/p/yP9qGcCiI8/

Anyway, I saw bits and pieces of the speeches by Cruz, Christie, and Huckabee.  I have to say, I still think Christie is really good at the "speaking somewhat like a normal person rather than a politician" and winning the "would like to have a beer with him" contest.  Despite his troubles, I would still not want to write him off as a major player for '16.

[Mr. Morden]

Also, Trump was probably unique among the speakers in not only going after Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, but also GW Bush:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-blasts-romney-jeb-bush-thinking-presidential-run/story?id=28452767

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Trump also reiterated his own "interest" in a run:

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[Mr. Morden]

Christie heckled by DREAMer protestor at about the 0:58 mark in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFBldcLxdQ4

And here's the video of the guy who heckled Perry being taken away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22QBqSIWXuo