Speakeasy By Patrick Gavin November 24, 2008 5:00 am FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint “I‘m a congenial optimist. …. [Otherwise, I] would’ve gone to my old place in West Virginia and blown my brains out a long time ago.” –Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, in a conference call with conservative bloggers on Tuesday TagsPatrick W. Gavin Related Content Washington Secrets Marco Rubio’s ‘secret weapon’ Washington Secrets Trump keeps promise to be ‘deregulator-in-chief’