2-27-09

2-27-09--If the reception accorded Mr. Huckabee on the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference was any indication, his words found a receptive audience. Few speakers, including Mr. Huckabee, a once and possibly future presidential candidate, left the stage without engaging in a fair amount of hand-wringing about where the conservative movement took a wrong turn.... But the mood on Thursday among the thousands of conservatives at the annual session was not defeatist. This, after all, is the conference where Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, is a major celebrity, and where the talk show host Rush Limbaugh gets a prime speaking slot. During the three-day event, conference attendees have their choice of dozens of panels like “Al Franken and Acorn: How Liberals are Destroying the American Election System” and “Bailing Out Big Business: Are We All Socialists Now?”—NYT A19