A Mood of Gloom at CPAC

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Cry me a river! :nopity:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/2967.html

A Mood of Gloom at CPAC

By: Jonathan Martin
March 2, 2007 06:33 PM EST


At first blush, the state of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy appears to be strong. Here at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a few thousand students, activists, hopeful pols and professional hangers-on have descended on one of Washington’s larger hotels to affirm and amplify the right-wing gospel.

But even though every conservative group from the Islamic Free Market Institute to The American Protectionist is here in force, there is considerable grumbling about the health of the movement. From conservative pioneers to up-and-coming true believers, many attendees are looking for leaders - and they’re uncertain about the current crop of presidential candidates and not even thrilled with the current occupant of the White House.

“I’m disenchanted, I’m disenfranchised, I’m just dissed,” quipped David Bossie, the president of Citizens United and a tireless congressional investigator in the Clinton era.

“It’s a struggle,” said conservative activist and public relations specialist Mike Thompson. “Conservatives want to win, but they aren’t really sure the guys at the top of the field are conservative.” Reconciling purity and pragmatism is always a challenge, Thompson added, but it’s especially so going into 2008 because “of the fear of the other side.”

Some of the ire at the CPAC conclave is directed squarely at Sen. John McCain, whom many conservatives suspect talks the talk when it comes to movement ideals but harbors dangerously moderate instincts.

Bossie gleefully unveiled a 22-page dossier kneecapping McCain here Thursday (“He’s No Ronald Reagan: Why Conservatives Should Not Vote for John McCain”). But Bossie also said his beef wasn’t just with the one Republican presidential aspirant – McCain - who skipped the CPAC festivities

His McCain manifesto “may be the first, but it’s not going to be the only,” Bossie said by way of warning to the other GOP aspirants.

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Aw, poor babies. Not enough thorobreds to suit them?

Tough.

[Colobo]

2. I have a message for them

President Obama will be an excellent leader, not like Bush. That should bring solace to your cold hearts.

[muntrv]

3. Gloom at CPAC=Glee everywhere else.

:evilgrin: