[Innovative]

"amid plans for protest and disruptions" -- well, it's a shame for CPAC that instead of listening to what Trump had to say, they focused on organizing protests and disruptions against him.

[sheik yerbouty]

He was right to avoid an ambush..

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

More Politico garbage spin.

[KansasGirl]

Trump skipped CPAC because he was told he would have to answer questions from the crowd.

[hoosiermama]

From an earlier article the protesters were organized by other candidates. Which IMO is even worse.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

So CPAC has degenerated into a bunch of SJW's?

Do they have safe areas for neocons and GOpe dopes that can't stand to listen to Trump's "racist, sexist, homophobic, islamophobic" language?

[TruthWillWin]

Big mistake for him not being there. Cruz took advantage of his absence.

[jjotto]

CPAC is owned by the ACU, increasingly an amnesty and pro-Muslim entity. It’s a matter of time until those who favor border enforcement and the end of mass legal Muslim immigration are banned from CPAC.

[dynoman]

Trump in Louisania right now;

[Chad N. Freud]

“. . . five years building a mutually beneficial relationship with the organization . . . filling its coffers with at least $150,000 in cash”

HA! Great try, Politico, attempting to imply that is a great investment by Trump. Over five years.

Next.

[bray]

Cruzers are worse than Paulbots when it comes to fanatical. Their candidate or else.

Pray America wakes

[big'ol_freeper]

He’s a coward

[HotHunt]

Trump has good instincts. He knew the conservative long knives would be out at CPAC and he would also probably lose the straw poll. He avoids all that except a day or two of Leftist media criticism.

He made the right decision to not go and speak.

[plain talk]

All speakers at CPAC answers questions. That’s how it works. Trump is too high and mighty to do that and wanted special accommodations — so he wouldn’t do it. Trump sure is petty.

[BobL]

“Former ACU chairman Al Cardenas added that Trump’s cancellation was “about as strong a slap in the face as you can get””

Expected comment...from an Illegal.

[Georgia Girl 2]

CPAC is blah this year anyway. I watched today and got too much Kasich and Michelle Malkin frothing at the mouth.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Trump became popular amongst conservatives in 2013 and 2014 speeches trashing immigratoin reform and naive little Rubio.

[frankenMonkey]

“Trump thinks everything is negotiable, but this wasn’t,” said the board member, who didn’t want to be identified discussing internal negotiations.

Evidently, everything is negotiable, girls, and you lost. It's all "Part" of the Deal.

[BobL]

“LaSalvia co-founded a conservative gay rights group called GOProud that had participated in CPAC...”

Sounds like Trump is NO IDIOT then, for not going.

[Grampa Dave]

Newt Gingrich: Donald Trump Right To Skip CPAC (’the votes are in Kansas, not Washington’)

The Hill ^ | By Harper Neidig | March 04, 2016, 03:30 pm
Posted on 3/4/2016, 4:43:05 PM by drewh

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Friday praised Donald Trump for his last-minute decision to skip the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). CPAC organizers announced Friday that the GOP presidential front-runner had dropped out of his commitment to speak at the conference on Saturday morning.

The real estate mogul’s campaign issued a statement shortly after saying he would instead be campaigning in Kansas and Florida.

“Because of this, he will not be able to speak at CPAC as he has done for many consecutive years,” the statement read. “Mr. Trump would like to thank Matt Schlapp and all of the executives at CPAC and looks forward to returning to next year, hopefully as President of the United States.” Trump has been heavily criticized by many Republicans, and some speakers at the gathering took the opportunity take shots at the front-runner.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3405294/posts

[Will88]

Trump, who was emerging as one of the group's major donors, giving checks that now total at least $150,000, more than previously known, according to multiple sources familiar with Trump’s support.

That can't be true. Most Cruz followers here say Trump only gives to Hillary and other Dims.