I am blogging live from the Balboa Bay Club right at the water’s edge here at the beautiful Newport Harbor, in the heart of Newport Beach.
Congressman John Campbell represents an amazing House seat, that spans from Newport Beach all of the way down the coast to Dana Point. He is having the regular gathering of his Congressional Club, and I am pleased to be here supporting John. He has been and outstanding United States Representative.
Campbell’s special guest is a mutual close friend, John Fund, an editorial board member of the Wall Street Journal. We frequently feature John’s writings on our blog page, and he is one of our most honored “Golden Pen” award winners on our main page.
Fund’s remarks were on a myriad of topics, starting with what impact Rupert Murdock’s aquisition of the Wall Stret Journal. He thinks the effects will be positive — especially an anticipated short-term infusion of funds into the Journal.
John talked about the Presidential primaries – both the Democratic and Republican side. After spending time talking about “Hillary-zilla and “O-Bambi” — Fund adroitly navigated through the waters of handicapping the GOP primary, he remarked that after so many elections with related people on the ballot, he welcomes the vibrant debate.
Fund’s remarks are going on and on, with Congressman Campbell egging him on. But I want to get this blog post up…
I would say there are about 150 attendees here, testament both to Congressman Campbell’s broad support here in his district, and the hard work of Jason Pitken, who handles fundraising for Campbell.
Most interesting guest: Here with FR friend Buck Johns is an elected member of the parliament in the Republic of Congo, in Africa. Last year this country had its first democratic elections. This MP is also Bishop, he runs an orphanage, and sports a gold cross on a gold chain that would make “Mr. T” jealous.
On a closing note, I am sitting next to my good friend Larry Greenfield, Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition of California. He (almost) has as many nice things to say about John Campbell as I do!