CPAC offers a phenomenal opportunity to connect with fellow conservative bloggers, discuss grass root activism with Saul Anuzi, chat with Joe the Plumber and be inspired by the life work of Phyllis Schlafly.  Thanks to the remarkable Atlas Shrugs, Geert Wilders was able to speak his truth at CPAC, and not be turned away at customs.

A sampling of the pervasive attack on freedom via climate non-aggression pacts:

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Macho Sauce entertained the crowds with his conservative message. He is a down to earth approachable individual, it was a pleasure to chat with him in the lobby of the Shoreham.

Sarah Palin ruled CPAC. Although this remarkable Governor could not attend the conference, her presence at this event was tangible. Two exhibits were dedicated to her: Team Sarah and Sarah 2012, and she was featured in the John Ziegler film Media Malpractice.

You can view the rest of my photos from CPAC on FLICKR

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Memo to liberals, Socialists and all those to the left of those two….we DO want Obama’s Socialist agenda to fail. The liberals can feign outrage all they want but the truth of the matter is the left wanted Bush to fail so badly they bled BDS. But we don’t want him to fail in some kind of tit for tat. No, we want our country to succeed and it will not if Obama is successful in engineering a Socialist state.

The liberals are upset Santorum wants his Socialist policies to fail, They are upset that Delay wants Obama’s Socialist policies to fail, and they were already upset with Rush so I doubt they will break a sweat with his speech tonight to CPAC where he again reiterated that he too wants Obama’s Socialist policies to fail: (via Gateway Pundit)

Rush: This notion that I want the President to fail, folks, this shows you a sign of the problem we’ve got. That’s nothing more than common sense and to not be able to say it, why in the world do I want what we just described, rampant government growth indebtedness, wealth that’s not even being created yet that is being spent, what is in this? What possibly is in this that anybody of us want to succeed? Did the Democrats want the war on Iraq to fail!

CROWD: Yes!

RUSH: They certainly did. They not only wanted the war in Iraq to fail, they proclaimed it a failure. There’s Dingy Harry Reid waiving a white flag: [Harry Reid impression] This war is lost. This war is — [Cheers and Applause] They called General Petraeus a liar before he even testified. Mrs. Clinton — [Crowd Booing] — said she had to, willingly suspend disbelief in order to listen to Petraeus. We’re in the process of winning the war. The last thing they wanted was to win. They hoped George Bush failed. So what is so strange about being honest to say that I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation? Why would I want that to succeed? [Applause]

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So freakin impressive. Here is 13 year old Jonathan Krohn speaking at CPAC:

Our gal Skye is on the ground for us at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference. This year’s crowd of 9,000 is evidence of the excitement conservatives are now feeling despite Obama and the Democrats taking us over the cliff of fiscal irresponsibility.

Skye will be reporting at Midnight Blue and Flopping Aces as well as twittering.

But if you want a seat at the conference without leaving your computer, tune in live:

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While waiting to pick up my credentials at the Omni Shorham, and people watching. Well, more people watching than credentialing. Ed Morrissey strolled by, so did Joe the Plumber. Cool, no?

I bumped into Dr. Melissa Clouthier while checking in to CPAC and as we were chatting, Ed Morrissey strolled by..again. A great conversation ensued in the Omni Shorham’s lobby amongst the three of us over the state of the RNC and the tone of CPAC 2009.

Ed stated he would like to see more coalition building in the RNC and is curious to see if there is much finger pointing at this year’s CPAC. He also observered that Obama, like Reagan, had the edge in this past election cycle by paring his economic message down to the simple phrase “A tax cut for 95% of Americans”. Republicans and conservatives need to acquire better communication skills in order to win elections. Speaking of the bailout boondoggle, Pelosi and Co. dropped the ball by excluding Republicans from the construction of this monstrosity, and it might come back to bite them in 2010.

Melissa stressed that conservatives had to hold to fiscal responsibility. The big tent idea aside,there have to be core values, one of them being fiscal responsibility. That Republicans lost the election to a junior senator from Illinois owning the placard of fiscal responsibility. Hello! RNC..are you listening?? She noted that the recently adopted spending bill has lit a fire under the GOP/conservative activists – I heartily agree!

I’ll tell you what, It was great just to listen to their exchange. My thoughts on the big tent theory? Do the Dems really have one? It seems as though you are required to conform to the Dem orthodoxy or you are booted from the party – ala – Senator Lieberman. Anton Checkhov observed “Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.” That is the Dem’s “Big Tent”theory in a nutshell. It is not that they are the party of tolerance, quite the opposite, actually. They simply used the abject hatred of George Bush to bring all types together. This was also the litmus test for inclusion in this ‘tent’. Does the RNC need to emulate this behavior?

As for CPAC? I’m with Melissa, a fire has been lit and this is the place for conservative activists to network and build coalitions. A big part of that will be building organizations that seed fiscal conservatives into the framework of the State GOP. Want to know how to go about that? Check out PACC. Other urgent needs are to re-tool our party message and take back ownership of fiscal responsibility. No small tasks, indeed.

Oh, with all my high tech photo gear I brought with me, you’d think that I’d have photos for you. Well, it does not matter how high tech your gear is, it doesn’t work when you leave it at the hotel.

UPDATE: Senator Inhofe interview:

Senator Inhofe will be available for blogger interviews between 9:30-11:00am tomorrow morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Senator Inhofe has been one of the leading Congressional voices on today’s hot-button issues, such as opposing massive government spending and tax raises in the Stimulus Bill/Bailouts, opposing the unnecessary closing of GITMO, spreading the truth about Global Warming alarmism, and fighting back against Democratic attempts to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.

Just arrived in DC for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The schedule is jam-packed with good events. Looking forward to talking with Sen. DeMint, networking with other grassroots organizations and having the coolest bloggers on the planet spend quality time with me.

I’m also ready to capture the conference better than before – check the sweetness:

I’ll be Twittering the conference as well as posting on FA, MidnightBlue and on PA WaterCooler. Photo collections will be posted to FLICKR, and videos to YOUTUBE.