LIZ – AT 7:12 P.M. ET:  Sorry for the absence.  I was in New York City today, visiting my taxes.  I also had the distinct pleasure of introducing Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president, at a Hudson Institute lunch.

As always, Liz was terrific, warning us that the lax national-security attitudes of this administration, including the regular insulting of allies, was putting us in danger.  What struck me about Liz, although I'd seen it in her TV appearances, was the clarity of her thought and the directness with which she spoke.  She has the ability to organize and English sentence and hurl it at the audience, like a weapon.  Several members of the audience suggested that she run for office.  Many people will say that gratuitously to a speaker.  In this case, it was meant.  She'd make a wonderful, attractive candidate, and has the right views and the knowledge to back them up.  She also has a great family, with five kids.  Can't hurt in politics.

Liz is co-founder of KeepAmericaSafe.com.  Visit the site.  You'll get good, current information about national security.

One of Liz's co-founders in KeepAmericaSafe, Debra Burlingame, was also at the meeting.  Debra is a lawyer, formerly with Court TV, and an expert on the legal aspects of national security.  Her brother, Chick Burlingame, was the captain of the hijacked American Airlines plane that was plunged into the Pentagon on 9-11.

Here were two women involved in national security, a field normally dominated by men.  It's good to see that.

April 7,  2010