19.01

David Keene just thanked the crowd and adjourned CPAC 2010. Thanks for joining us for our coverage of CPAC.

18.59

Beck just shed a tear. Stacy McCain wins bet. Classic!

18.58

Beck: It will be morning in America again.

18.56

Beck bringing the house down now with New Colossus reading. Went through his talk about the Colossus of Rhodes vs. Statue of Liberty that he discussed on his show a couple weeks back.

18.52

Bloggers lounge has been noisy all day. But Beck has everyone completely tuned in.

18.46

Beck: The rest of the world needs to know that America is serious. We don’t need more speeches we need action.

18.39

Beck: Not a single times have we gotten a right from Congress. We get them from God. And he puts a warning bell inside of us. And when someone tries to take them away from us that bell goes off. That is what is happening now.

18.36

Beck: Not everyone succeeds. Not everyone gets a trophy. Stop teaching my kids that everyone gets a trophy. What is this the Nobel Prize!

18.35

Beck: We need less Marx and more Madisons.

18.34

Beck: This is America there is no cap on success. But there seems to be a cap on the willingness to find that success. All men are created equal. Not all men will end up equal. Our daily choices determine the outcome.

18.33

Beck: In 2008 American’s gave $307 billion dollars to charity. That’s 10 times the giving power of France. Don’t tell me American’s need to be more like Europe. The people of Europe need to be looking over here.

18.30

Beck: This administration doesn’t create jobs, the American people create jobs. And the administration is doing everything they can to stop that.

18.28

By the way I’m sitting next to Stacy McCain of the American Spectator. He has a $20 bet riding on Beck breaking down and crying. Beck’s getting a little somber. Stacy may be close to a fresh $20. ha!

18.26

Beck: We are pricing ourselves out of the American Dream.

18.25

Beck: We do not have a right to health care, housing, or hand outs.

18.24

Beck: When did we become the country who thinks it ok that you can’t be too big to fail? …No one is entitled to happiness. But if you happen to find happiness along the way you should not be penalized for it.

18.23

Beck: If it wasn’t for me falling down I wouldn’t been able to pick myself up and be where I’m standing today.

18.22

Beck: I don’t care what happened in your child hood, I want to know what we’re doing today!

18.19

18.18

Beck: The problem is tax and spend. One party taxes and spends and the other doesn’t tax but spends.

18.18

Beck: I keep hearing everyone say that we need a big tent. What is this a circus?

18.14

Beck: I’m a recovering alcoholic and the Republican party says they are recovering but there is no evidence of that. There has been no come to Jesus moment with the Republican Party. They are addicted to spending and big government.

18.13

Beck: Cheney was here the other day and he said it was going to be a good year for Conservative ideas. It is, but it is not good enough just to not suck as much as the other side.

18.09

Beck: Van Jones was a self described Communist and no one paid attention to it.

18.09

Beck: The argument back in the day was that you weren’t a Marxist or a Communist you were a Progressive. What’s the difference? The difference is that one requires a gun and one deteriorates the system slowly.

18.07

18.05

Beck: Progress is the disease in America!

18.05

Beck just brought his chalk board out on stage! Crowd went crazy!

18.05

Beck: It’s still mourning in America, it’s just sort of a hangover type mourning.

17.54

Glenn Beck up next.

17.52

Straw Poll Results for #CPAC2010:

“Are you satisfied with the field of candidates?”
53% said yes

17.52

Straw Poll Results for #CPAC2010:

Nominees for U.S. President in 2012:

Ron Paul 31%
Mitt Romney 22%
Sarah Palin 7%
Tim Pawlenty 6%
Mike Pence 5%

17.51

Straw Poll Results for #CPAC2010:

2,395 participants this year.

Just grabbing some of the poll results here for the general questions…

Issue most important to those polled was “Reducing the size of the Federal Government”

“Thinking ahead to the Nov. elections, how many seats, if any, will Republicans pick up in the U.S. House?”
33% said 40 or more seats. 5% said 1-9 seats.

17.41

Straw poll coming up.

17.09

Rumor mill swirling that Palin will introduce Glenn Beck. But according to @sarahpalinusa she is in California.

17.08

Norquist: If the Obama Administration is a Martini, Obama is Vermouth, he’s barely there.

15.48

Horner: Carol Browner wants to get to a place where the energy companies can hold back energy so that consumers can’t run their A/C at peak.

15.46

Horner: Leadership is not asking other countries what is ok.

15.45

Horner: These people want to fundamentally change America. “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times…” even though these are things the President does.

15.44

Horner: When pressed environmentalists always come back to “It’s the right thing to do”.

15.43

Chris Horner: Liberals think that there are too many of you and your using too much of everything.

15.42

Showing various video of Global Warming comments in the media. Including Brett Hume making a sly remark during the Presidential nomination that the snow on that day must be because of Global Warming.

15.37

Global Warming panel coming up. Featuring:
Chris Horner, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming
Ann McElhinney, Not Evil Just Wrong: The True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria
Steve Milloy, JunkScience.com
Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute

I used to work at CEI so it’s great to see Horner and Ebell up on stage.

15.35

Newt

15.27

Just met Katherine Jenerette who is a candidate for South Carolina’s 1st district and coincidentally was one of the candidates I’ve already reviewed for ConservativeCongress.com. She’s top notch. Hope she can pull it off, but I think she’s in a very difficult district.

14.30

Newt: I believe we will control the House and the Senate at the end of this year. I believe will will control the White House in 3 years.

14.29

Newt talking about Unions in New York making it so hard to fire bad teachers that they have to put these teachers in “rubber rooms” for 7 years before they’re fired at a cost of $50 million a year!

14.25

Newt: I know for a fact that Obama has created at least 3 jobs: McDonnel, Christy and Brown.

14.21

Newt Gingrich walked in to his speech to Eye of the Tiger. Pretty funny.

17.51

Looks like we are wrapped for the day. Check back with us tomorrow.

17.49

And Ron Paul exits stage left.

17.49

Paul: If we do the right things we can pull out of this economic mess and be better than ever. I know that you want the best for America and if we work together we can make it happen.

17.48

Paul: During the presidential campaign the crash I predicted was laughed about and talked about and then when it finally came Fox News had me on about 60 times in a week period.

17.46

Paul: We should be nation building and it’s time we got those principles back.

17.45

Kinda wishing he’d wrap this up. I think I’ve reached my maximum political activism for the day.

17.41

Paul: You don’t have freedom because you are an American you have freedom because you are an individual.

17.40

Paul: There is only one type of freedom and that is individual liberty.

17.38

By the way I’ve just been informed that @lybberty has just made a video of the Women of CPAC 2010 have not viewed it yet.

17.35

Paul: The next coming problem is the reluctance to accept the dollar.

17.35

Paul: I will not vote for one single penny that we can not pay for.

17.34

Paul: The bottom line for all Conservatives is how are we going to pay for it. We are in 140 countries and 700 nations and our debt is exploding.

17.32

Paul: George W Bush was elected based on the platform of domestic policies. There is nothing wrong with being a Conservative and being for a strong national defense and not going to war so carelessly.

17.31

Paul: I’ve taken a very clear position on the 16th Amendment. End the Fed! [crowd starts chanting "End the Fed!]

17.30

Paul: 1913 was not a good year. It gave us the IRS and the income tax.

17.29

17.27

Paul: To me to be a Conservative means to conserve the goods parts of America and getting rid of the bad parts.

17.25

Ron Paul is in the house. Lots of cheering and some booing.

17.24

Ron Paul coming on. The Campaign for Liberty people are chanting “END THE FED”. I’m partially expecting talk of CIA coups and shadow men.

17.18

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell just made a special appearance. Nothing said of any real substance. Still awaiting Ron Paul.

17.07

Various pics from the day. Just got to a decent connection so I wanted to get some stuff uploaded.

Security panel.

Rush special video call.

Tom Price.

Crowd coming in for Ron Paul.

16.47

Room really filling up for Ron Pauls upcoming speech.

16.25

Price: This Congress is made up of a majority of career politicians that have never had a real job or run a business. They have no idea how to create jobs because they’ve never signed the front side of a check for one that they over saw.

16.14

Price: I cannot wait to return to CPAC next year to celebrate a Conservative majority in Congress and a goodbye to Nancy Pelosi.

16.11

Tom Price just informed me that it will be 67F when I get back to Georgia on Sunday. Very happy to hear that.

16.10

Ed Feulner coming on to introduce Tom Price and plugging Mount Vernen Doctrine.

15.56

Anita Moncreif, former ACORN employee just received a standing ovation for her courage in coming to CPAC and describing the voter fraud that ACORN is up to. I unfortunately missed blogging most of it because I was trying to get some photo’s up, but that was also unsuccessful because the connection here has suddenly turned to total garbage.

14.53

Gilmore: I think the Patriot Act has been affective when there is proper oversight and it doesn’t allow intrusion into the lives of Americans.

14.51

Gilmore: I think the Patriot Act has been affective when there is proper oversight and it doesn’t allow intrusion into the lives of Americans.

14.47

Barr: I don’t believe our military personal should be disarmed while they are on their base.

14.45

Sekulow is now asking the panel if Muslims should be allowed to serve in the Army because of what is going on with the South Carolina military poisoning story today. Do we do background checks on soldiers?

14.43

Dinh: We have military tribunals for the entire purpose of trying war criminals. The President has the right to chose to allow an enemy combatant to be tried in a civilian court. But he has to explain why and is held accountable to the Democratic process when he makes that decision. He has to explain why he wants KSM to be given the rights of U.S. citizens when his only connection to those people is that he wants to kill them.

14.39

Barr: If we pass laws that expressly bring terrorists to justice, then use the law. But we can’t go down the path of getting the cake and eating it to. The military doesn’t necessarily have better lawyers than the private sector.

14.33

Jim Gilmore: All of these people we are discussing are enemy combatants, they all want to do harm to U.S. citizens.

14.32

Robert Ash: People don’t understand why our current administration is wanting to release our enemies back onto the battlefield. Why they want to provide them lawyers and the rights of our citizens, and why they fail to admit that we are in a war with jihadists that want to kill us.

14.29

Dinh: We have every right in war to kill the other sides warriors.

14.25

Dinh: No where in the Constitution is there a guarantee of security.

14.22

Up now is the Does Security Trump Freedom panel featuring:
Hon. Bob Barr
Hon. Jim Gilmore, Free Congress Foundation
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA)
Viet Dinh, Georgetown University Law Center
Moderated by Jay Seculow

12.39

Taking a short break to grab some food. Aiming to be back for Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN).

12.32

Health Care panel wrapping up.

12.31

Novack: Over the last decade the public has been completely ignored from the health care debate by the Washington elite.

12.27

Novack: We need an adult conversation about health care moving forward.

12.26

Martin: Congress Conroy cut 40 billion from health care for seniors.

12.19

Jim Martin, 60 Plus Foundation: People ask me if I work for the AARP so often that I came up with an alternate slogan. Association Against Retired People.

12.18

Scherz: Check out docs4patientcare.com for more information. Doctors don’t take care of Republicans or Democrats, they take care of patients.

12.16

Scherz: Deep in the Senate bill it is written that doctors must work with HHS and comply with their regulations or they will not be allowed to serve patients.

12.15

Scherz: Tort reform on malpractice insurance must happen.

12.14

Scherz: Those that can’t afford health care should receive vouchers that provide them emergency care.

12.13

Dr. Hal Scherz, Docs for Patient Care: Doctors and hospitals should post the costs of their procedures so that patients can shop for the best value.

12.01

Heather Higgins: The current outcry is a build up of 70 years of disgust at out of control spending.

11.57

Health Care panel includes:
Heather Higgins, Independent Women’s Voice
Dr. Eric Novack, Arizonans for Healthcare Freedom
Dr. Hal Scherz, Docs for Patient Care
Jim Martin, 60 Plus Foundation

11.48

Mike is done. Eemcee claims it was one of the best speeches delivered at CPAC. Saving Freedom from Health Care next panel coming up.

11.47

Pence: We must take this country back in 2010. You at CPAC are the faithful representatives to carry the message forward.

11.44

Pence: The time have come to end all federal funding for Planned Parenthood! [huge applause]

11.43

Pence: Part of the issue with America’s decline is a moral issue. We have to reclaim a hold on traditional American values. We must defend life, we must defend the sanctity of marriage.

11.42

Pence: Get government out of the way and America will come roaring back.

11.39

Pence: When dealing with China, one hand should be extended in free trade while the other hand rests comfortably on the holster of the arsenal of democracy.

11.38

Pence: There should never be a question that America stands with Israel.

11.38

Pence: America is on its knees from years of reckless spending. Government officials have told me they see their job as “managing Americas decline”. The job of the American president is not to manage American decline, it is to improve America!

11.37

Pence: America is on its knees from years of reckless spending. Government officials have told me they see their job as “managing Americas decline”. The job of the American president is not to manage American decline, it is to improve America!

11.35

Pence: We need a Conservative Congress in 2010 | Thanks for the plug Mike! ConservativeCongress.com coming March 1st. Free tip on that one.

11.33

Pence: To borrow from a regular CPAC speaker a few years ago, “A recession is when your neighbor loses their job. A depression is when you lose your job. A recovery is when Nancy Pelosi loses her job!”

11.32

Pence: As my beloved Colts found out last week, you’ve got to be ready for an onside kick. Pelosi better be ready for an onside kick!

11.31

Pence reflecting on 9/12 rally: I remember coming around the corner of Congress and looking out at the National Mall and my knees locked. …New York Times said there were a few people. Fox News said there was a billion. [laughs]

11.22

Getting started on the live blog a little late today. But duty called on some real work stuff. So we will kick it off with Mike Pence from Indiana.

06.51

Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute : Dems will introduce a combined Health Care bill on Monday and dare Repubs from opposing it at the Health Care Summit.

16.57

Closing down for the day. I’ll post up a wrap up later.

16.55

LaPieree describing some pretty frightening examples of police just going into peoples homes and taking their guns without cause. Apparently this was a big problem down in NO after Katrina. Police and military just entering homes and taking peoples weapons. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

That whole “shall not be infringed” part must be subject to interpretation…

16.42

LaPierre: The authorities have no authority to deny you the right to protect yourself.

16.30

LaPierre: Remember when the media was telling us last fall that truck loads of guns are coming into Mexico from the U.S.? My B.S. meter went off the charts!

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Got a pretty big laugh.

16.29

Wayne LaPierre of the NRA up next.

16.23

Social media, blogging, tweeting event was sorta meh. If you’ve been to PDF Conference or really heard anyone talk about joining the “movement” of social media in any form you’ve probably heard the same thing before. David All is pretty intriguing guy to hear speak though.

16.21

House Minority Leader John Boehner just finishing up. Caught the tail end after coming back from break up group on tweeting and blogging.

14.09

Mitt closing down, off to lunch. Be back in about an hour with more updates.

14.02

Mitt: Isn’t it odd that those who are most against the private sector will soon find themselves looking for work there.

14.00

Mitt: America is not better off than it was 1.8 Trillion dollars ago.

13.58

Mitt: Liberals are not ignorant. It’s just that what they know is wrong.

13.57

Mitt: No one but the Democrats can be blamed for the rise of unemployment over 10% but the Democrats. So when you want to pin the blame, pin the blame on the Donkeys.

13.54

Mitt: Obamacare is bad care for America.

13.52

Mitt: Obama acts as if saying “No” is always a bad thing… [But] why do the Democrats say no to missile defense, tax cuts, trying KSM in a military tribunal…

13.46

Mitt Romney: Lindsey Vonn’s Downhill Gold Medal was stripped today. It was determined President Obama was going down hill faster than her.

13.45

Scott Brown just introduced Mitt Romney.

13.45

Tucker Carlson talked about The Daily Caller a bit. Said it was doing really well, which is great because I have enjoyed writing for him.

13.44

Erik: I run Red State from Macon, GA. You don’t need to live in Washington, DC to play a role in the movement.

13.11

Attending the Saving Freedom Through Technology: Growth of the Online Movement session with Rob Bluey from Heritage Foundation moderating. Erick Erikson from Red State just spoke on getting involved in the online conservative movement from anywhere using twitter, facebook, blogging, etc.

13.04

Dick Cheney: I believe Obama is a one term president.

We’ll keep our fingers crossed Dick.

12.06

Ended up having trouble finding the Obama Secrecy panel. So I dropped into a showing of the Newt Gingrich film Finding God in America. Pretty interesting insights into the founding fathers and start of the country. I’ll tryto find the trailer online when I get back to some Wifi. Just on the old iPhone at the moment.

10.51

Gonna be heading to break out on Breaking Obama Secrecy. By the way, just announced 10,000 strong at this years conference.

10.50

Stephen Baldwin about to come up and talk about media.

10.49

Finishing up some of the closing speeches. Sen. Mike Demint closing. Speeches so far are what you would expect. Not a ton of substance. Pretty much “Ra-Ra!” speeches to get the crowd pumped up for the event. Good stuff though!

10.41

So far we’ve had the welcome speech by David Keene and a pretty rousing “campaign” speech from Marco Rubio. The guys pretty sharp. I honestly wouldn’t blink an eye if we are seeing him take a run at the presidency 6-10 years from now.

10.39

CPAC is up and running. Will be live blogging from this post all day. So you can keep refreshing this post to see the latest entries.

03.02

Liz Cheney just surprised the crowd with her father Dick Cheney.