In concluding the entire day’s activities, Jeff Chidester gave his closing remarks to those still there at the end:
In large part, this was due to a lot of people there to hear Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, and Rick Santorum – the Presidential candidates. Yes, many did show up for the beginning (more or less) and the room was filled to standing room well before those three showed up but it was clear the exits were seeing more activity the longer the event went on after the Wannabees had left. This I can understand – at least they are trying to understand what the candidates are about on the issues. For a lot of people, that may be all of the “dip into the political pool” they can stand – and I can’t say I blame them. I, as a political blogger, news junkie, and philosophical in outlook, really got a lot out of the event – but it isn’t for most. So all I have to do is convince another couple of percent of folks to be willing to jump right in and….
On the other hand, there was the Press…








