[Elle Bee]

and you had to stand in line and vote by 1:00 pm on Friday

with only 2500 votes cast out of over 10,000 attendees this is no more significant than an online poll

CPAC has jumped the shark given it's pay to play concept

CPAC has become all about pay to attend

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[OCCASparky]

CPAC has jumped the shark given it's pay to play concept

Sad, really, considering that one of Reagan's best speeches came at CPAC in the wake of the devestating defeats in the mid-term elections of 1974 (remember that?)

[Cu Roi]

CPAC has jumped the shark given it's pay to play concept

You mean kind of like the for-profit Tea Party Nation convention, where Sarah Palin was reportedly paid six figures to give the keynote?

[OldDeckHand]

"CPAC has jumped the shark given it's pay to play concept"

I think legitimate criticism can and should be leveled at CPAC. But, I'm not sure their fee structure is one of them. It's not cheap to put on these big events. Every organization is going to charge something when it has it's annual "convention". CPAC is no different. It was less than $200 for a 3-day pass. That's well within the norm for these kinds of events. I go to some legal events that can be 5-6 times that amount of money.