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Ashcroft Defends Civilian Trials for Terrorists

By | 02.19.10 | 12:44 pm

Sam Stein catches up to the former Attorney General at CPAC:

In an interview with the Huffington Post at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the former Bush administration official said that there are “a variety of tools that ought to be available to an administration” in its efforts to

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The Libertarian Party vs. CPAC

By | 02.19.10 | 11:26 am

As the CPAC conference chugs on in Washington, Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian Party, issued this statement reminding the world that the GOP has no moral claim to small government or fiscal responsibility.

It’s interesting that conservatives only notice “big government” when it’s something their

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If Liz Cheney Wants It This Way…

By | 02.19.10 | 10:17 am

First she exposes her ignorance on interrogations at CPAC. Now this:

“There is no polite way to put this: Obama’s incompetence is getting people killed.”

J.D. Hayworth, CPAC Superstar

By | 02.19.10 | 9:16 am

J.D. Hayworth, the former congressman from Arizona who announced a primary bid against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) this month, is all over CPAC. Last night he hit the NRA’s pre-dinner reception, and spent every second pumping hands and making small talk. If people didn’t know who he was when More…

The Birchers Are Real — and They’re Spectacular

By | 02.19.10 | 9:10 am

If any more proof was needed that CPAC organizers aren’t sweating the stories and photos about fringe conservatives making their way around the conference, behold: the John Birch Society. The notorious right-wing group signed on as a co-sponsor late last year, drawing some controversy at the time and… showing up More…

O’Keefe and Young Conservative Troublemakers Hit CPAC

By | 02.19.10 | 8:47 am

On the way from the press room to a Thursday night reception I snapped the quick photo below of James O’Keefe (left), who made it to CPAC after all, and who has been tight-lipped to reporters but hardly shy about making the rounds with conservative admirers. O’Keefe’s partner in the More…

At CPAC, Tea Party Movement Re-Enters Conservative Fold

By | 02.19.10 | 12:00 am

Mitt Romney has not spoken at any Tea Parties. He has largely avoided the messy debates over the 10th Amendment, nullification, Paul Ryan’s budget proposals, and whether TV stars should be punished for using the “R” word. But at CPAC, at his mid-afternoon address to an overflowing crowd of conservative More…

Scenes From CPAC 2010, Round One

By | 02.18.10 | 5:17 pm

After the jump, a slideshow of photos from the first day of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.

Liz Cheney Loves Torture, Doesn’t Understand Interrogation

By | 02.18.10 | 4:48 pm

Over at CPAC, TPM’s Christina Bellantoni caught up with Liz Cheney and elicited this response to a question about the recent capture of Taliban deputy commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar:

I worry though when we capture these leaders that we no longer have the option of using any of

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The New Conservative Hierarchy

By | 02.18.10 | 8:49 am

Ken Vogel previews CPAC by highlighting the new power and prominence of people like Erick Erickson of RedState, Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots, and Andrew Breitbart, who don’t share the baggage of the leaders who “flocked to Washington after their efforts culminated in the election of President More…