February 28, 2009

At CPAC, Conservatives Blame Others, Not Their Own Ideas (Video)

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Jonathan Stein has been covering the Conservative Political Action Conference for us: John Bolton’s bad joke about nuking Chicago, Sarah Palin blaming the media for her own failure; Newt’s extreme rhetoric, and Mitt Romney’s love-in with the crowd. And I had the chance to go on Hardball to discuss the overall theme of the conference: there’s nuthin’ wrong with conservative ideas:

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