“Conservative Political Action Conference” on The Daily Caller

Former Texas solicitor general and current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz told The Daily Caller that he expects every member of Congress to step up the push for answers and accountability with regard to Operation Fast and Furious. Cruz also said that he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign, that President Barack Obama should fire him or that the U.S. House of Representatives should move to impeach him. (more)

On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum suggested that it was possibile that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “rigged” the outcome of Saturday’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll, in which Romney won 38 percent to 31 percent. (more)

The American Conservative Union‘s (ACU) annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has a new chairman, a new director and — if their first video trailer is any indication — a renewed focus on the basics. (more)

Where was the love at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference? (more)

For the second year in a row, Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, earning 30 percent of the vote. (more)

CPAC speakers led by former Speaker Newt Gingrich sought to blow holes in the recent liberal narrative comparing Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan Thursday. (more)

A slew of possible 2012 Republican presidential candidates including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and businessman Donald Trump took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, and all took jabs at President Barack Obama. (more)

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, called for cuts to the Department of Defense budget and entitlement reform in his Thursday afternoon speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). (more)

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich rolled out seven tasks President Barack Obama would need to complete to earn an invitation to keynote the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next year in his speech Thursday afternoon at the conservative conference. He said conservatism is the center of American politics and, if Obama was really moving to the center, he’d be moving to conservatism. (more)

When I heard that Jim DeMint plans to skip Thursday’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., to protest its inclusion of pro-gay marriage group GOProud, I had the same question everybody else did: “Who is Jim DeMint?” (more)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took swipes at former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on Wednesday during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity. (more)

David Keene, the longtime chairman of the American Conservative Union, stepped down on Wednesday as the leader of the organization, one day ahead of the first of its annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). (more)

After initially being denied his request to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson will be speaking at the event later this week. (more)

After several days of negotiations with CPAC organizers, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned down an invitation to give the keynote speech for this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. (more)

The conservative coalition has always been unstable. And homosexuality may be the issue on which it shatters. (more)

There’s been a lot of buzz in Washington about a planned boycott of the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) by a handful of socially conservative groups. The groups oppose CPAC organizers’ decision to allow GOProud, a conservative group that advocates gay rights, to participate. (more)

Venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel will host GOProud’s “Homocon” party in New York, a spokesman for the organization that represents gay conservatives told The Daily Caller Friday. (more)

With CPAC 2010 now fully behind us, conservatism’s rising generation has some choosing to do. Specifically, on the matter of war and national security, will we be the hawks that we were born to be? Now is the time to make a lasting decision, and we better get it right. (more)

Washington: At the risk of being erroneously labeled a “Libertarian” (capital “L”) or even a “libertarian” (small “l”), let’s get this out of the way: Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul. Indeed he did officially if not embarrassingly win the recent CPAC presidential preference poll (what “winners” get booed?”). The only thing that could have been worse would have been Sen. John McCain winning: ugh. (more)

Students across the country traveled long distances and often paid out of pocket expenses to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington this weekend. (more)