Conservative Political Action Conference

Zach Carter

Hilarious CPAC Livestream Bloopers

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- HuffPost spent several hours livestreaming interviews with attendees of last week's Conservative Political Action Conference, talking to...

Mitt Romney's Anti-Social Stance on Social Security

Cliff Schecter | Posted 04.16.2012

Cliff Schecter

Mitt Romney, tribune of the people, still doesn't seem to get a simple concept: Social Security is popular. With everybody. And particularly with olde...

Jason Linkins

PolitiFact Successfully Trolls Media With Rubio Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.15.2012

In recent months, I've had the occasion to throw shade on PolitiFact for some of its odder determinations, most notably the decision to call a totally...

WATCH: Lawrence O'Donnell Calls Out Ann Coulter

Posted 02.15.2012

Lawrence O'Donnell called out Ann Coulter during his MSNBC show on Tuesday by highlighting key moments in the recent years when Coulter has changed he...

Michelangelo Signorile

Conservative Activist: 'Dehumanizing, Outrageous' Tactics Of Liberals Drove Me To The Right

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.14.2012

"The devil is here! The devil is here!" bellowed a voice in the distance at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last weekend. ...

The Great Imposter

Christopher Lamb | Posted 04.15.2012

Christopher Lamb

After nearly four years of Palin, much of the country, including a lot of Republicans, believes that Palin is herself an impostor.

Sara Kenigsberg

WATCH: CPAC's 'Best In Show'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- This year's Conservative Political Action Conference drew plenty of colorful characters, many of whom stopped by to be interviewed for H...

Zach Carter

Pacifist Activists Deride Bishops Over Birth Control Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- High-profile Republicans and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have decried the Obama administration's new contraception ...

Michael Calderone

Message To Young Conservatives: Pursue Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- While Republican candidates score points slamming the media from the stump, prominent conservatives, gathered in Washington D.C. for the...

Michelangelo Signorile

Is The GOP Beginning To Admit Defeat On Gay Marriage?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.12.2012

Are conservatives beginning to admit defeat on same-sex marriage? Iowa GOP Congressman Steve King has in the past attacked same-sex marriage veheme...

Elise Foley

Sarah Palin And Supporters Drown Out Occupiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- A group of Occupy protesters interrupted Sarah Palin's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, only to be dr...

Elise Foley

Mitt Romney Wins CPAC Straw Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll on Saturday, a major symbolic victory ...

Elise Foley

Palin Impersonator Crashes Conservative Confab

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.11.2012

A convincing Sarah Palin impersonator, sitting in the Woodley Park Noodes & Co. near the hotel hosting the Conservative Political Action Conference, s...

Walker: 'Lord Help Us If We Fail'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 02.11.2012

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) gave a passionate speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, rallying against recall election ...

Sara Kenigsberg

WATCH: Laura Ingraham Crushes On Arianna Huffington

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- Conservative radio host and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham was a featured speaker at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Confere...

Sara Kenigsberg

'Joe The Plumber': 'I Don't Have To Try' To Stand Out At CPAC (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- HuffPost's Zach Carter and Howard Fineman on Friday spoke with Joseph Wurzelbacher at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference....

Sara Kenigsberg

WATCH: HuffPost Meets 4-Year-Old Wearing 'I Only Cry When Democrats Hold Me' Shirt

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 04.11.2012

WASHINGTON -- During our video live streams on Thursday and Friday at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference, HuffPost reporter Zach Carter...

Jon Ward

Newt Gingrich Tells CPAC To Teach GOP Establishment a Lesson

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.10.2012

WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich talked for more than 30 minutes near the end of the day Friday at the annual CPAC conference, and spent most of his time r...

WATCH: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum & More Speak At CPAC

Posted 02.10.2012

Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, along with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, are just some of the big conservative names to d...

Sam Stein

Rick Santorum: Contraception Shouldn't Be Covered By Insurance At All

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012

Former Sen. Rick Santorum said on Friday afternoon that he was not persuaded by the Obama administration's revisions of rules requiring religious inst...

Jon Ward

Mitt Romney Tells CPAC He's Lived Conservatism, Not Just Talked About It

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.10.2012

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney gave one of the most important speeches during his second turn as a presidential candidate on Friday at CPAC, and instead of ...

Sam Stein

Ann Coulter CPAC Speech: In Support Of Romney, 'Let's Try Square For A While'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012

Ann Coulter is provocative and offensive and wonderful at self-promotion. And if it weren't for all those attributes, she could very well claim a four...

Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Conservatives Rap About America, Don Colonial-Style Wigs At CPAC

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.10.2012

WASHINGTON -- At the Conservative Political Action Conference, most of the music wafting from the stage and through the halls is country music, or som...

Sam Stein

Herman Cain: 'There Really Is' An Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012

WASHINGTON -- Former presidential candidate and pizza magnate Herman Cain gave a classically Cainsean speech Thursday on the opening day of the Conser...

Palin Surrogate Hints At What Speech Will Reveal

emerge at CPAC | Posted 04.11.2012

At last year's CPAC gathering, the mere sight of a Sarah Palin impersonator was enough to throw some attendees into a star-struck frenzy....