Andrew Breitbart at home in his bathroom in Los Angeles on March 15, 2010
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Maybe this is why Breitbart is in such a hurry. After dashing out of the studio, he races home via the sort of shortcuts only native Angelenos know. His wife Susie (daughter of Orson Bean, a mainstay of the old TV game show To Tell the Truth) is preparing supper for him and their four children. But the real reason for the rush is that O'Keefe is visiting their house tonight to screen his latest effort, an undercover video revealing purported shenanigans at the offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Breitbart hopes to debut the footage on Big Government. He believes it will be another scoop--and another blow to the liberal establishment.
"I feel very alive," Breitbart says as he whips along backstreets adjacent to the 405 freeway, where traffic is at a standstill. "We're in a battle, and in hindsight I can see that the moves I'm making are correct. I'm putting together something that's going to be extraordinary."
Oney is the author of And the Dead Shall Rise