If you drive into the quiet Woodley Park section of Washington, D.C. today, you will find an area lined with elegant residential homes and embassies. Then you will come across a disconcerting scene. At one end of a street there is a large contingent of uniformed police. The street is blocked off with crime tape. Anchoring the area is a large Special Operations Division mobile command center that hums with activity. Marked and unmarked cars prowl the neighborhood. (more)
The culture wars have been as heated as ever over the past few weeks, and participants at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. on Thursday did not shy away from any of it. (more)
Organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference are being accused by a liberal organization of allowing two white nationalist speakers to participate in its annual gathering of conservative activists this week in Washington, D.C. (more)
Minnesota congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann used her rock-star status at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference to warn right-leaning Americans about what she said was a dangerous Obama administration foreign policy. (more)
Democrats and independents showed up in large numbers for Tuesday’s Republican Iowa caucuses — a 179 percent increase from 2008 — with nearly half of independents throwing their support behind Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who came in third place. (RELATED: Romney wins Iowa caucuses, Santorum places close second) (more)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Attention shifted from the Republican presidential candidates at CPAC and the debate in Florida, Friday, when the state’s U.S. Senate candidates took the main stage to introduce themselves to voters. (more)
FreedomWorks, a bellwether tea party organization, will join the growing list of advocacy groups to launch a Super PAC, it announced Tuesday. The official launch of FreedomWorks for America (FWFA) will take place at the Florida CPAC convention later this week. (more)
On Feb. 11, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, his wife and three aides flew in a luxury jet to Washington for a weekend of politicking, including an appearance on Fox News Sunday and a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Our problem is not that we tax too little,” Barbour told the gathering. “It’s that we spend too much.” (more)
The gay conservative group GOProud doesn’t regret inviting real-estate mogul and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to speak at a conservative conference last week, even though he donated $50,000 to former White House Chief of Staff and Democratic Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel. (more)
White nationalist Jamie Kelso went to CPAC last week hoping to get some converts. Instead, he got an earful from some conservative activists who sent him packing. In a video shot by Eddie Becker, Kelso engages in a lively discussion with younger CPAC attendees and Ron Paul supporters who let him know that racism is not welcome in the conservative movement. (more)
Where was the love at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference? (more)
This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference hosted many popular conservatives including Donald Trump, Minn. Rep. Michele Bachmann, commentator Ann Coulter, and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, but the three-day event also attracted a large number of colorful characters that made headlines with their goofy costumes and appearances. (more)
Grover Norquist told Tea Party and Republican activists to stay away from would-be liberal allies Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), warning that they would only leech off conservative values and federal dollars. (more)
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels took the CPAC stage Friday night with a brainy, intense speech that explained the debt crisis as the “new red menace” and challenged activists to unify and sacrifice to defeat it. (more)
Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, got the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) crowd’s biggest and most animated reaction of any speaker at the event – and took the stage saying: “I’m glad to see the revolution is continuing.” Paul applauded new House freshmen GOP members for blocking the extension of the PATRIOT Act. (more)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry showcased his affection for the 10th amendment, and a bit of tech-savvy in an animated speech to CPAC Friday — the first speech by a major speaker to include an explicit text message pitch from the podium. (more)
Jimmy McMillan, the former New York gubernatorial candidate best known for his mantra “The rent is too damn high,” took the Conservative Political Action Conference by storm Friday, giving impromptu speeches in hallways as reporters trailed him through the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. (more)
When an audience member questioned Orrin Hatch’s conservative principles because he voted for the 2008 TARP bailout, the Republican senator from Utah said he may have made a mistake with that vote. Hatch was sitting on a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) panel on whether there should be a constitutional amendment to force a balanced budget, and defended his decision as one made under pressure. (more)
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty railed against President Barack Obama, like every other Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) speaker, but the likely 2012 presidential candidate surprised the audience with his high-energy delivery. (more)
Patti Lyons, an impersonator of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, made an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday bearing such a striking resemblance to the former vice presidential candidate that many wondered if Palin had actually decided to make a surprise visit to the conference. (more)
