The Republican presidential candidates sound off at CPAC
By Craig Ogan
It’s good that Ron Paul, though not at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2012, is in the race making it four contenders. If not, commentary would start out with a snark about “The Three Amigos,” “The Three Stooges” or “Three Blind Mice.”
The three “whatevers” appeared on the same day at CPAC: Rick Santorum, morning; Mitt Romney, noon and Newt Gingrich, the cocktail hour.
Santorum, the eye opener: He is a serious man. No jokes or laugh lines (Reagan made people laugh, Sarah Palin does too). He’s serious about the spending and debt, but loses the edge since, as a Senator, he got earmarks for bridges, highways and museums of local arcania.
The social issues are his passion. He is pro-life and supports the Catholic Bishop’s opposition to Obama Administration’s ukase on the contraception free lunch.


By MICHELLE HIRSCH, President Obama took the wraps off his new budget yesterday, and you could almost hear a collective sigh of relief from departments that escaped the scalpel and groans from agencies that took a big hit.
He is pro-life and supports the Catholic Bishop's opposition to Obama Administration's ukase on the contraception free lunch. No mention of any gay issues, though. Michelle Bachman denounced the decision on the unconstitutional nature of Proposition 8.
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