Gov. Mitch Daniels and Rep. Paul Ryan to Discuss Making Conservatism Credible Again

Gov. Mitch Daniels and Rep. Paul Ryan to Discuss Making Conservatism Credible
Again

Hudson Institute's 2009 Bradley Symposium at St. Regis on June 3

WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a recent interview with the
Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Mitch Daniels, Indiana's extraordinarily
popular governor and former Hudson Institute CEO, was not shy about telling
the GOP what it needs to do to become credible again: "We need to be
conceiving ideas all the time," stop the reflexive partisanship and
name-calling, and reach out to people in "your own words." Daniels put this
ideal into practice by writing his own campaign ads.

Highly respected Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) recently told Morton Kondracke
of Roll Call that, "Sooner or later the American people are going to see
spending getting out of control, and they're going to want to see what the
other party stands for. We've got to be ready to show them who we are and how
we would do things differently.... We've got to have aspirational
alternatives." Ryan was lead author of the 2009 GOP alternative budget and is
now at the center of the health care debate.

On Wednesday, June 3, Hudson Institute's 2009 Bradley Symposium will feature
Daniels and Ryan reflecting on ways American conservatism can be made credible
once again. Director of the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal
William Schambra said, "We are pleased to host Washington's first look at the
phenomena from the Heartland -- Mitch Daniels and Paul Ryan -- both with real
presidential potential."

Commenting on Daniels' and Ryan's presentations will be two of conservatism's
most thoughtful young writers and analysts, Yuval Levin of the Ethics and
Public Policy Center and future editor of the soon-to-debut public policy
journal National Affairs, and Rich Lowry, editor of National Review. The
session will be moderated by the president of the American Enterprise
Institute, Arthur Brooks.

WHO: SPEECHES BY
Gov. Mitch Daniels
Rep. Paul Ryan

COMMENTARY BY
Rich Lowry, National Review
Yuval Levin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Arthur Brooks, (moderator), American Enterprise Institute

WHAT: "Making Conservatism Credible Again," the 2009 BRADLEY SYMPOSIUM

WHEN:Wednesday, June 3, 2009 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM, registration at 8:30 AM,
discussion begins promptly at 9:00 AM. Complete, edited transcript available
Monday, June 8 at noon at http://pcr.hudson.org, or contact Krista Shaffer at
Krista@hudson.org.
WHERE: St. Regis Hotel (Carlton Ballroom), 923 16th and K Streets, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20006

RSVP: Contact Krista Shaffer, Krista@hudson.org, or register online at
www.hudson.org.
For more information, visit the Bradley Center's web page at
http://pcr.hudson.org, or contact Krista Shaffer or James Bologna.

Hudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to
innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity,
and freedom. For more information about Hudson Institute, visit our website at
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SOURCE Hudson Institute

James Bologna, +1-202-974-6456, or Krista Shaffer, +1-202-974-2424, both of
Hudson Institute.