You’ll recall his great speech at the YCT State Convention that motivated us activists, alumni and friends to continue fighting for conservatism.

His topic of conversation today is energy and it’s a big one here at RPT.

Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams is chatting with us about electricity and transportation.  He says we have to move to the utilization of clean coal for power.  We also have to expand the utilization of nuclear power for energy.

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that:

"…prisoners at the Guantanamo military base have a right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration."

–AFP

I am liveblogging right here with the www.rightonline.com booth with Will Lutz of the Lone Star Report.

We’re about to listen to Senator John Cornyn.  He’s kicking it off by discussing high gas prices and says Congress needs to be part of the solution.  We should be less dependent on countries like Venezuela, he says.

"The problem we primarily have is supply….we’re going to need the oil we can produce here domestically in the near future," he elabortates.

We just had a visit from Senator John Cornyn at the YCT booth here at RPT.

Here’s the photo, we’ve got Chris Richey, myself and Chad Humphries.  If you’re in Houston, stop by the booth!

I’ll be joining him later this afternoon for an interview at the www.rightonline.com booth, so keep looking for us!

Thanks to www.rightonline.com I just finished up an interview with Lt. Gov. Dewhurst.  Our chat covered immigration, the future of conservatism and the goings ons at Convention.