A Divided Conservative Movement Tries To Come Together For CPAC

[DonViejo]

Patricia Murphy
03.05.14

The list of speakers at 2014’s CPAC conference shows an increasingly fractured conservative movement with Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz headlining while John Boehner is blackballed.

The guest list at this year’s CPAC conference, which runs Thursday through Saturday outside of Washington, tells the soul-searching story of the conservative movement in America today.

On the list is Jenny Beth Martin, head of the Tea Party Patriots. Off the list is House Speaker John Boehner, the highest-ranking Republican in Washington who has run afoul of the far right flank of the GOP again and again over the last year.

On the list is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the embattled 2016 hopeful who has suddenly gained favor with the right after two months of abuse from the mainstream media over his bridge scandal. Off the list are Mitt Romney and John McCain, Christie’s fellow “pragmatists,” “moderates” or “RINOs,” and former White House aspirants who no longer need to try to convince activists they’re all on the same team.

The headliners at this year’s CPAC will look familiar to anyone who went to last year’s CPAC, or even the CPAC before that. Sen. Ted Cruz will kick things off Thursday morning, Sarah Palin will wrap it up Saturday night, and the three days in between will feature a déjà vu-inducing list of the greatest conservative hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, including Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly and Ralph Reed.

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[Happyhippychick]

1. Good! The same ineffective players will be doing the same ineffective campaigning.

[JNelson6563]

2. The redundant event of redundancy. I like it.

Idiots.

[2pooped2pop]

3. The C really is gonna stand for Crazy this year. lol n/t

[spanone]

4. bookends cruz & palin. what a pathetic delusional irrelevant party.

[Orsino]

5. Traditionally, the ringmaster makes an announcement...

...and all the headlining speakers tumble out of an SUV, delighting the children with their antics and colorful costumes.

[mac56]

6. "Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Children of ALL AGES!"