Newt Gingrich to Address 2012 PA Leadership Conference

Add Newt Gingrich to the list of big-name speakers lined up for the 2012 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, the largest gathering of Pennsylvania conservatives.

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will bring his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination to the 2012 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference when he serves as the closing speaker on Saturday, March 23 at 1:30 P.M., according to PLC organizer Lowman Henry.

From a press release issued by Henry:

The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is the premiere annual gathering of conservative activists and is being held this Friday and Saturday, March 23^rd and 24^th at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill.

Speaker Gingrich, the latest addition to a growing program of activities planned for the 2012 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. This year’s keynote address will be delivered by Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume. Also scheduled to speak are presidential candidate Rick Santorum, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaking on behalf of Mitt Romney, Presidential candidate Herman Cain, film producer Ann McElhinney, U.S. Senator Hon. Pat Toomey, Lt. Governor Hon. Hon. James Cawley, Grover G. Norquist from Americans for Tax Reform and Human Events White House correspondent and political editor John Gizzi. Candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator will debate at the conference luncheon on Saturday, March 24th.

Four interactive panel presentations will constitute the policy core of the conference with topics set to include: Right-Sizing State Government; Marcellus: How Shale We Proceed; Obama's Regulatory Overkill; and Reagan-izing the PA GOP. The Constitution Organization of Liberty (COOL) will present a pre-conference seminar on the Bill of Rights. Also scheduled for Friday morning, March 23rd, is an activist training workshop conducted by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. The Franklin Center will also sponsor a Saturday afternoon seminar on utilizing video in messaging.

The Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council will be sending their “Values Bus,” to promote voter registration efforts.