Cpac Conference

The NRA's "Bully" Pulpit, and Alabama's Gun Tragedy

Paul Helmke | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Even by the standards of the Conservative Political Action Committee event where he recently spoke, the NRA's Wayne LaPierre was over the top.

If CPAC Is the Future Why Are They in the Past?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

The coverage by the media, the credibility given to the speakers, was horrifying at best and a complete breach of the public's trust at worst.

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.

Republicans Decide at CPAC to Run on Empty

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


Robert J. Elisberg

Conservative values are cutting taxes and individual liberties without government control. That is how Republicans have been acting for the past eight years.

Mirror, Mirror: Today's GOP Resembles 1981's Democrats

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Jamie Malanowski

The hysteria at CPAC offers all the proof anyone needs: we are entering a new era of progressivism. Let's make the most of it.

Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot* -- Wants U.S. to Fail, Claims "Creator" Language in Declaration is Preamble to Constitution, Then Gets Constitution Award from CPAC

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Paul Abrams

Rush made no bones about it. He wants the President of the United States to fail -- and he was wildly cheered at CPAC. Apparently, their "team" is the Conservative Movement, not the American people.

GOP: R.I.P.

Al Eisele | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Al Eisele

The Republican Party, America's second oldest political party and a force in American politics and government since the time of Abraham Lincoln, died on March 1. It was 155 years old.

Limbaugh in the Lead: A Gift for Obama

Tom Watson | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Tom Watson

Rush Limbaugh leaned his meaty hands on the lectern at the CPAC conference and slipped a greasy dollar bill into the G-string of the writhing conservative dead-enders.

Contessa Brewer Pushes Pat Buchanan On Who'll Lead The GOP (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off its three-day agenda Thursday morning in Washington, DC. The overwhelming question abou...

John Bolton At CPAC: Jokes About Nuking Chicago

Mother Jones | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics


Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of ...

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...

Sam Stein

Bolton As McCain's Secretary Of State?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Would embattled former UN ambassador John Bolton have a place in John McCain's presidential cabinet? The idea was brewing beneath the veneer of Bolto...

Sam Stein

McCain Booed Again At CPAC

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The reservations and skepticism of conservatives over a John McCain candidacy continued today, as attendees at the CPAC conference again booed him and...