Conference Call With House Majority Whip Roy Blunt

This afternoon, House Majority Whip and acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt (MO) will host a blogger conference call to discuss his candidacy for Majority Leader and his vision for the House of Representatives.

Other candidates bidding for the role include John Boehner (OH) and and John Shadegg (AZ), who made a splash in the blogosphere when his late entry in the race sparked a strong show of support entitled An Appeal From Center-Right Bloggers (which I supported).  The statement stopped just shy of formally endorsing Shadegg, who is running (well, as they all are) as a candidate for reform.  Shadegg's more plainly squeaky record with regard to lobbyists prompted this language in the appeal:

As for the Republican leadership elections, we hope to see more candidates who will support these goals, and we therefore welcome the entry of Congressman John Shadegg to the race for Majority Leader. We hope every Congressman who is committed to ethical and transparent conduct supports a reform agenda and a reform candidate.

The leadership election is scheduled for Thursday, February 2.

Watch this space for a recap of today's call with Congressman Blunt.

Update:

My reaction to the call is here.

Previously:

Shadegg Enters Leadership Race As Candidate For Reform and Renewal

Elsewhere:

Matt Margolis at GOP Bloggers will also join the call.
Michelle Malkin just got off a conference call with John Shadegg.

Further:

- Rep. Blunt gives us the broad strokes of his intended administrative and legislative reform in today's OpinionJournal.

- Rep. Shadegg parties like it's 1994 in yesterday's OpinionJournal.

- Rep. Boehner shoulders pork in Tuesday's OpinionJournal.