Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham is the host of a conservatively-oriented radio and television show started in 2001; the show motto is "It's not just a radio show. It's an addiction." An attorney, she did white-collar criminal defense at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She is on the Board of Advisors of Family Security Matters.

After completing the University of Virginia law school, where she was on the Law Review, she was a clerk to Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States and to Ralph Winter on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Before finishing law school, she was a speechwriter in the Ronald Reagan administration, working at the White House, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education.

Current positions

On 15 September 2009, she presented "Ten for Ten", or ten positions she believes will return the Republican Party to power in 2010:

1. "Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR). Limit federal spending growth to the percentage in population growth plus the rate of inflation; provide taxpayers the option of filing a post-card sized return using a low, flat tax rate of 15%
2. End Tax-funded abortions. Stop federal payments to Planned Parenthood and prohibit any taxpayer-subsidized health insurance plan from covering abortion
3. Defend American Borders. Complete America's border-protection initiatives using remaining funds from the so-called stimulus bill
4. King Dollar. Preserve a strong dollar so that Americans' savings aren't wiped out by inflation and the U.S. dollar remains the world's reserve currency
5. Empower American Business. Immediately slash corporate tax rates to 15% and scrap the capital gains tax altogether
6. Defend America. Strengthen America to defend our homeland and fully fund an operational, layered missile-defense system
7. Statism Exit Plan. De-fund czars; immediately cease bailout payments to failed companies; ban future bailouts
8. End Generational Theft. As few believe America's entitlement programs will be able to pay benefits to future generations, provide younger workers the choice of diverting payroll/Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts
9. Restore America's System of Justice. Introduce penalties for frivolous lawsuits, where those who launch unsuccessful lawsuits are liable for the defendants' legal bills
10. American Energy Independence. All-of-the-Above strategy that embraces alternatives, expands and accelerates exploration and production of oil and natural gas, and jumpstarts dramatic increases in nuclear power

Initially declared supporters were:

• Tom Price (R-Georgia), chairman of the Republican Study Committee
• Michael Williams, Texas Railroad Commissioner & Republican candidate for Senate
• Rep. Jep Hensarling (R-Texas), member of the Republican Study Committee
• Rick Crawford, Republican congressional candidate, Arkansas 1st district
• Marco Rubio, Florida Republican senatorial candidate
• Michelle Malkin, conservative talk show host and author
• Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas), member of the Republican Study Committee
• Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado), member of the Republican Study Committee
• Erick Erickson, editor of RedState.com
• Rob Curnock Republican congressional candidate, Texas 17th district

2008 election

In what the Washington Post called the "Battle of the GOP blondes", Ingraham criticized the weight of John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain, triggering a response that Ingraham would not engage with Ms. McCain on intellectual issues.