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Activist behind Planned Parenthood hidden-surveillance videos in Minnesota Monday

By Jon Collins | 10.05.09 | 4:35 pm

Twenty-one-year-old Lila Rose is a superstar of the anti-abortion right, rubbing shoulders with conservatives like Gov. Tim Pawlenty and speaking at national events like last week’s Values Voter Summit. But her tactics — secretly videotaping visits to Planned Parenthood offices and presenting edited footage without context online — raise serious questions about journalistic ethics.

Bachmann among candidates conservatives should “save” from the Left

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.19.09 | 12:34 pm

At the Values Voter Summit in Washington, the Family Research Council’s FRC Action is asking attendees their preferred candidate for president, as well as which of four GOP incumbents they think it should “save” from the Left. U.S. Rep.

Pawlenty at Value Voters Summit: I’m calling Obama out

By David Weigel | 09.18.09 | 8:10 pm

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s speech to the Values Voter Summit was tipped as a pivotal moment in his appeal to the GOP’s conservative base. Pawlenty hardly missed a target, and got his biggest applause when he mocked the president for