Conservative Political Action Conference

With Talent on Loan from Rush

Karl Frisch | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

Limbaugh often says that he's broadcasting "with talent on loan from God." It seems more and more that conservatives are attempting to find their way out of the political wilderness with talent on loan from Rush.

Sam Stein

Limbaugh Misquotes Constitution During CPAC Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


During his much-discussed keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, Rush Limbaugh accused Barack Obama of pursuing ...

Republican Elephant Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Boy

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

The Republican Party has finally become a living metaphor of itself: a lost, little boy, who thinks he's a cowboy, and who really believes a society can be built upon an ideology of selfishness.

Sam Stein

Coulter Coldly Dismisses Idea That She's Bad For The GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


During Ann Coulter's question and answer session at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, one young attendee asked the brash author ...

Sam Stein

Coulter: McCain v. Obama Was Like Helen Thomas v. George Foreman In His Prime

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


One of the more interesting dynamics of the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend in D.C. has been how eager conservatives have been t...

Bush A Four-Letter Word At CPAC

Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


Conservatives aren't sure who's the Republican presidential frontrunner in 2012. They disagree over how sharply to attack President Barack Obama and o...

Ryan Grim

Romney Misquotes Reagan At CPAC

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


The spirit of Ronald Reagan lives on at the Conservative Political Action Committee, but the late Great Communicator might not like the mangling that ...

Sam Stein

Gingrich On EFCA: "Mortal Threat To American Freedom"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


How serious and committed are conservatives to the defeat of the Employee Free Choice Act? This committed: "This bill is a mortal threat to American f...

Sam Stein

Jonathan Krohn: 13-Year-Old Conservative Wunderkind Wows CPAC, Joe The Plumber

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


The future of the conservative movement presented himself on Friday, and he was 13. Jonathan Krohn, the author of "Define Conservatism" and political...

Sam Stein

Gingrich Claims "Disastrous" Bush-Obama Continuity

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


It has been fascinating to watch as conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference have run from, if not openly exhibited disdain for, ...

Sam Stein

Scarborough: Leave Humanitarian Missions To UN And Angelina Jolie

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics


Humanitarian missions should be left to the United Nations and Angelina Jolie, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on Thursday, in an address that was largel...

CPAC Agenda: Joe The Plumber To Advise Young Conservatives As Panelist

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


On Thursday, conservatives will be descending on Washington DC, the place they like to slam the most, to galvanize their mission to take back Congress...

Top Ten Signs From CPAC

The Examiner | Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which took place here in Washington last week, is always full of colorful characters and even mor...

John McCain Sucks Up To Conservatives In A Totally Straight, Conservative-Friendly Way

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been under fire from right-wing members of the Republican Party for not truly representing their conserv...

Live CPAC Updates: Romney, McCain, Cheney Gather At Conservative Political Action Conference

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


UPDATE XI: Ann Coulter was dropped from this year's official speaking list at CPAC, but that hasn't stopped her from making her presence known -- alon...

Christians Boo John McCain The Way Romans Used To Boo Christians

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain gets booed while speaking at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. While speaking at CPAC, John McCain attempts to bring up...

McCain Booed At Conservative Conference

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain, whose popularity and acceptance among conservatives has increasingly become a point of contention now that he's on pace to win his party'...

Sam Stein

Romney Drops Out: Tearful Conservatives In Shock

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


There was a palpable sense of shock both in the audience and among the advisers after Mitt Romney abruptly announced on Thursday that he was exiting t...

CPAC Organizers Drop Ann Coulter From Speaking List

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On February 7-9, conservatives from around the country will gather in Washington, D.C. for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). This y...