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…
Via Ben Smith, it seems meaningful that Sarah Palin’s camp explained her decision not to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference with two unprovoked attacks on the American Conservative Union. The first is on a More…
David Keene of the American Conservative Union, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, and former congressman/Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr are backing a proposal to send Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in Illinois, as well as President Obama’s plan to try terrorism suspects in federal courts. The More…
When Lisa Miller found out that former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich would be signing books on Saturday in McLean, Va., she hauled out her video camera. Miller, a Virginia businesswoman and sometime Republican candidate for local office, had gone to every Tea Party event and town hall meeting that More…
I’m a little late to this, but Ed Morrissey, one of the best conservative bloggers out there, has a must-read recap of this past weekend’s fifth annual Western CPAC. Morrissey was not impressed by the conference, and suspicious of the motives of many organizers.
While I had several great
Conservative fire-starter John Ziegler, the radio host and producer of the pro-Sarah Palin movie “Media Malpractice,” got booted from a panel at this weekend’s Western CPAC after badgering American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene about a few unpleasant items on his CV. (Specifically, Keene supported Sen. Arlen Specter More…
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