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Newt Gingrich, at CPAC, challenges Attorney General Holder to a dialogue about race after Holder's comments that America is a "nation of cowards" when it comes to talking about race.

A few FReepers have been discussing getting together at CPAC. Here is our recommendation for Meet-Up: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:50 p.m. Meet in Omni Shoreham Hotel Lobby (host hotel) 2500 Calvert Street Northwest Washington DC US 20008 We can all grab a coffee before the rest of the day's sessions begin and plan for a possible cocktail hour.

A few people have been e-mailing me asking if I planned on the Conservative Political Action Conference this year and the answer is an emphatic yes. The reason why I've waited so long to announce that I'll be in D.C. is because I had to get my financial ducks lined up, in attempts to cover as much of the trip as I could myself. As a poor college student who has been traveling recently to get involved with Ohio College Republicans and state politics, the money is tight, especially when a lot of my time is being used for pro...

Rush will still be there, but it’s not really “grassroots Woodstock” anymore without her. Now, because of the letdown, it’s more like grassroots Altamont: Plenty of good acts and one great one to close the show, but an angry, angry crowd nonetheless. The opening-day headliner for the annual CPAC conservative convention February 26-28, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has pulled out, citing state business in Juneau. “We’re obviously disappointed,” said a CPAC official. A spokesman for the three-day confab, organized by the American Conservative Union Foundation and others, said that Palin, the popular former vice presidential nominee, had indicated she would...

Sarah Palin to speak at CPAC Just got off the phone with Lisa DePasquale, director of the Conservative Political Action Conference, who tells me that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is confirmed as a speaker at CPAC 2009, Feb. 26-28 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.