By Rep. Mike Pence on 11.23.09 @ 6:09AM

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks last Thursday night at The American Spectator's  Robert L. Bartley Dinner:

(Remarks as delivered)

I stand before you today at an historic moment for the conservative movement and for this great country. The coming weeks and months may well set the course for this nation for a generation and beyond. How we as conservatives respond could well determine whether America retains her place as a beacon of hope in the world, or whether we slip into the abyss that has swallowed much of Europe in an avalanche of Socialism."ª

While some are prepared to write...