
With conservative grassroots activists having educated parents, teachers, and lawmakers about the nature of the Common Core standards initiative, proponents of the education reform are desperate to bolster a possible presidential run for Jeb Bush, who was recently booed at CPAC by conservatives for being a champion of the now grossly unpopular plan.
by Dr. Susan Berry5 Mar 2015, 5:15 PM PST0

WASHINGTON — Dr. Sebastian Gorka, national security editor for Breitbart News, passionately argued against Libertarian Gary Johnson’s notion that Americans are less safe because of U.S. military intervention.
by Edwin Mora1 Mar 2015, 6:56 AM PST0

Jeb Bush finishes a disappointing fifth in the CPAC straw poll, even though he reportedly brought busloads of supporters to back his candidacy.
by Matthew Boyle28 Feb 2015, 2:59 PM PST0

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, thanked participants at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) for handing him a victory in the 2015 CPAC straw poll.
by Matthew Boyle28 Feb 2015, 2:40 PM PST0

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won this year’s 2015 CPAC’s straw poll, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker coming in only two points behind.
by Katie McHugh28 Feb 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

David Silverman, head of the American Atheists group at CPAC, told Breitbart News that “Obama was raised by an atheist and a skeptic, so he at least knows the arguments.”
by Austin Ruse28 Feb 2015, 11:05 AM PST0

Perhaps in fear that he didn’t have enough backers willing to show up on their own, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s campaign organized to bus supporters to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to cheer during his appearance on stage and vote for him in the straw poll.
by Matthew Boyle28 Feb 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

So while I am waiting for the water heater to be replaced, I decided to write about the CPAC thrill of finding the next GOP presidential candidate.
by Robert Davi28 Feb 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

Senator Ted Cruz spoke out against Common Core during a speech to a Florida conservative organization. “We should repeal every word of Common Core,” he said. “We should get the federal government out of the business of curriculum.” This was not
by Merrill Hope28 Feb 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

Conservatives and the Republican Party have fallen far behind the left in campaign voter outreach technology, and Ned Ryun hoped to help participants at CPAC 2015 learn how to gain that lost ground.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Feb 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

After being largely shut out last year, pro-life and pro-family advocates are taking a more prominent role at CPAC, the premier annual gathering of conservatives held outside Washington, D.C., from Thursday through the weekend.
by Austin Ruse27 Feb 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

The former governor of Alaska, the only Republican woman to ever run on a national ticket, captivated those in attendance at CPACs 2012-2014.On Thursday she did it yet again.
by Kevin Scholla27 Feb 2015, 4:25 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul speaks out at CPAC.
by Matthew Boyle27 Feb 2015, 4:07 AM PST0

NATIONAL HARBOR (MD) — The cost of cyber attacks is growing into the hundreds of billions per year for both the public and the private sector — but speakers at a cyber security panel at this year’s CPAC warned that the USA is falling behind in the fight against this growing threat and the current administration is making matters worse.
by Warner Todd Huston26 Feb 2015, 5:06 PM PST0

On Thursday, Gov. Chris Christie admitted he adopted Common Core standards because his state needed the federal funds in exchange for signing onto the unpopular education reform.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Feb 2015, 4:21 PM PST0

Conservatives at CPAC 2015 cheered and gave a standing ovation to Carly Fiorina as she aggressively called out presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for using Twitter as a means to campaign while hiding from challenges to her dismal record as a former Secretary of State.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Feb 2015, 11:47 AM PST0

Sen. Ted Cruz gears up for his CPAC speech by challenging his potential rivals to demonstrate their willingness to fight for conservative principles.
by Matthew Boyle26 Feb 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

In a panel discussion at CPAC Thursday, American Principles in Action (APIA) education director Emmett McGroarty debunked pro-Common Core talking points and made the claim that a Republican presidential nominee who supports Common Core would essentially be “unelectable” against Hillary Clinton in the general election.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Feb 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

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by Breitbart TV26 Feb 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

A few weeks ago, I wrote about “political punks”–people like Andrew Breitbart, Greg Gutfeld, Clint Eastwood, Ann Coulter, and Gavin McInnis, who buck the cultural left and political right. Of course, there are several people I neglected to list in the column, as many commenters reminded me. (Hi, Sabo fans!)
by Lisa De Pasquale25 Feb 2015, 8:38 AM PST0