38th Annual CPAC Draws Record Numbers

11,000 Conservative Activists Rally to Roll Back Big Government, Repeal Obamacare and Reclaim the White House in 2012  More | Next >
February 11, 2011--Austin Chambers, a high school student from Virginia Beach, passes out stickers in advance of the speech by former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA).  
Romney's wife Ann introduced him saying she "would like to see him lead the country as President of the United States."
"An uncertain world has been made more dangerous by the lack of clear direction from a weak President," Romney said.  "I surely hope that at some point in the near future, the President will finally be able to construct a foreign policy, any foreign policy."  Further, Romney said, "Here at home, the President’s response to the economic crisis was the most expensive failed social experiment in modern history." [transcript]
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Presidential Prospects
February 10
Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN)
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (PA)
Donald Trump
February 11
Former Gov. Gary Johnson (NM)
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (MA)
Sen. John Thune (SD)
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (MN)
Rep. Ron Paul (TX)
Herman Cain (GA)
Gov. Mitch Daniels (IN) [Reagan Banquet]
February 12
Gov. Haley Barbour (MS)
Former Amb. John Bolton

attended but didn't speak

Fred Karger
Randall Terry

not present

Sarah Palin
Mike Huckabee
More Speakers
February 10
David Keene
Sen. Ron Johnson (WI)
Sen. Rand Paul (KY)
Donald Rumsfeld w/ Dick Cheney
Rep. Paul Ryan (WI)
Speaker John Boehner [Presidential Banquet]
February 11
Panel on Balanced Budget Amendment
Gov Rick Perry (TX)
More Reagan Banquet
February 12
Andrew Breitbart
Panel on Repealing ObamaCare
Straw Poll Results Announced
Rep. Alan West (FL)





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