“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
“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
“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