Posted by
Michael on Friday, January 25, 2008 7:11:39 PM
Mark Hemingway at National Review is saying he may:
After skipping the event last year, I just heard that McCain purchased
a booth at CPAC, the annual conservative gathering in Washington coming
up two weeks from now. CPAC attendees are pretty hard core
conservatives — not exactly McCain's base. Romney won the straw poll
there last year, and at one point, McCain was actually booed by the
crowd when they announced the poll results. Then again, CPAC is a few
days after Super Tuesday, so it's possible McCain could have locked up
the nomination by then. It'll be interesting to see how much of an
olive branch to conservatives this is perceived to be.
It could potentially look bad for McCain if he shows up at the event and Ann Coulter or someone else repeats the Faggot Gaffe of last year, but subtracting that there are alot of benefits for McCain in making nice with conservatives.