[applause] allright our next speaker is the executive director of the center for a vision and values think tank. He is a New York Times bestselling author and frequent contributor to msnbc, cspan and the fox and a columnist for the townhall magazine and the american spectator. He has worked in many think tanks and his public speaking bring him a National Reputation for his work on conservative principles and the american presidency. Paul is well qualified to tell us what it means to be a real reagnaught. [applause] thank you and hello everybody. My greetings to phyllis and it took an operation. But she is for those of you that are familiar with her background im sure most of you are, but if she is one of the true heroes of the conservative movement. I mean, i could stand here and spend my time talking about her contributions and what she did but i was saying i believe this is the 50th anniversary of the book a choice not an eecho of 1964 and that was on behalf of Barry Goldwater in the