Even At CPAC Conservatives Seem Despondent About 2012 Choices

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Even At CPAC Conservatives Seem Despondent About 2012 Choices

Benjy Sarlin & Evan McMorris-Santoro February 10, 2012, 6:01 AM


The Conservative Political Action Conference is one of the biggest and most anticipated events on the conservative calendar. Generally, the excitement in the air is palpable as conservatives gather to hear over and over again about how their ideas alone are the path to the nation’s salvation.

This year? Not so much.

The incredibly divisive Republican presidential primary has taken its toll on the mood at this year’s conference. Conversations with attendees tell the same story: none of the candidates has them all that stoked about the next 10 months.

Take 69 year-old Judith Leone of New Jersey. She was a big time Mitt Romney supporter in 2008, now she’s undecided.

“Last time we were both Romney supporters,” she said of her and a friend accompanying her at the event. So what happened since then? According to Leone, liberals have gotten so much scarier since taking power that people are more inclined to believe some kind of magnetic street-fighter is the only antidote.

“I think that he’s handsome, but he doesn’t have charisma,” she said of Romney. “I wonder if he has the backbone to take on the liberals. Liberals got stronger since last time, they’re pushing through a tougher agenda now. I worry he can’t fight it.”

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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/falling-into-the-enthusiasm-gap-at-cpac-2012.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

[glowing]

1. Boo... We got scarier and stronger Grandma.. LOL.

[The Magistrate]

3. It Reads 'There's A Negro in The White House!' Ma'am, Translated To Honest English

"This used to be a White man's country...."

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Ding!

Thats what I read too. Not to mention that she would sacrifice her own SS and Medicare to get him out...

[Loge23]

2. Are robes and hoods optional at CPAC?

This is the largest gathering of bigots, lunatics, and facists left on the planet.
Rachel Maddow had one clip last night of one of the worst suggesting that Rachel should have never been born.
I have my own suggestions about what should happen to this little gathering, but I'll defer to civility.

[denbot]

4. Dear CPAC..

Boo!

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