POLITICS OF
ANGER
ONE WEEK AFTER BARACK OBAMA
BY JON WARD
thumped Mitt Romney to secure the presidency, I pedaled over to the headquarters of the
Reserve Officers Association, a six-story building in a prime spot across the street from the
Capitol and next door to the Supreme Court.
Inside, round tables were set up for a lunch
hosted by The Heritage Foundation, the longstanding conservative think tank that, within a
month, would replace its outgoing, aging president, Ed Fuelner, with Sen. Jim DeMint, the
South Carolina Republican and a conservative
firebrand. It was a bold stroke that energized the
Heritage flock and repositioned the group to play
a more pivotal role in Washington and beyond.
But as I sat among the Heritage’s luncheon
crowd — part of a daylong anti-poverty forum