Edward Morrissey (born April 3, 1963) is an American conservative

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Ed Morrissey
Premiere Motivational Speakers. Published 2008. Accessed May 2, 2009. He goes by the nickname Captain Ed and he lives in the

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. He wrote his original blog, "Captain's Quarters", from October 2003 to February 2008. He now works full-time as a blogger for Hot Air. and writes a column for ''

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''. He also participates in Bloggingheads.tv His opinion articles have appeared in the '' New York Sun'', the ''

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'', and the ''Daily Standard''.

Background

Morrissey was born April 3, 1963. He is based in

and is part of the "

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", with ties to Power Line and Hugh Hewitt. At age seven, Morrissey moved to Cerritos, California in 1970, and he graduated from

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in 1980.

Captain's Quarters

Morrissey started his blog in October 2003, basing its name on his nickname "Captain" Ed. ("Captain" is "just a nickname", not a rank.About Captain EdCaptainsQuartersBlog.com
Accessed May 2, 2009.) It focused largely on politics, from a conservative viewpoint. The blog grew in popularity and readership. By 2007, the National Republican Senatorial Committee was calling Captains Quarters one of the five "best-read national conservative bloggers." People who have written "guest posts" on Captain's Quarters include Senator

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, Congressman Duncan Hunter, and Senator James Inhofe.

Adscam coverage

In 2005, a Canadian judge issued a gag order that barred Canadian media from covering the hearings of the

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had been funneling government funds through Canadian advertising firms. A source in the Canadian legal media – still publicly unknown – circumvented the gag order, feeding the details of the Gomery hearings to Morrissey, who published them on the blog. As a result, Morrissey's blog became for a few weeks one of Canada's most-viewed news sources (his traffic rising at the height of the story to 400,000 visitors a day, mostly Canadians, from his usual 30-40,000). Morrissey's coverage was considered by some to have been a key factor in the victory of the Conservative in the subsequent national elections.

In other media

In April 2007, Morrissey left his job as manager of a

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to take up a "full-time position with Blog Talk Radio as Political Director." Morrissey hosts a daily internet talk show, contributes to one of the company's blogs, and leads outreach and development for the company among politicians, candidates, and political bloggers. He left his full-time position at Blog Talk Radio when he joined Hot Air, in early 2008. Morrissey is one of the few media pundits to have been named as ''both'' the "Best Person in the World" and then the "Worst Person in the World" by

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. He has said in response that he is "very amused."

Hot Air

On March 1, 2008,"The Road Goes Ever On"
Ed Morrissey, ''Captain's Quarters'', February 25, 2008 Morrissey became a full-time blogger, joining the pseudonymous Allahpundit at Hot Air, a group blog founded by Michelle Malkin. He also hosts the daily ''Ed Morrissey Show''.

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External links

HotAir.com

Video (and audio) interview/conversation with Morrissey
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