At this weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC, all of the GOP candidates were there in full force. Giuliani, Romney, Gilmore, Newt, Brownback, Tancredo and Hunter all gave speeches. Even Ron Paul and John Cox were there to address the audience.
Who is missing from that list? Oh yeah, John McCain. The Arizona Senator refused to address the largest annual gathering of conservatives from across the country. And judging by the response from the massive crowds, he wasn’t missed.
Indeed, the response to Governor Romney’s speech summed up the anti-McCain mood of the crowd, not to mention a primary reason behind such a mood.
About half way through the speech, Romney stated…
“To me, a fundamental principle of democracy is at stake. It is the people who are sovereign in America, not a few folks in black robes. Time and again … judges add things that aren’t in the Constitution, and they take away things that are in the Constitution. And in that regard, they let the campaign finance lobby take away First Amendment rights. If I’m elected president, I will fight to repeal McCain-Feingold.” [Emphasis ours]
It was by far one of the loudest applause lines of the entire conference.
Check out more video of that portion of Romney’s speech here.
