At CPAC, No Mention Of The Elephant In The Room

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Amid fiery speeches and emotional pleas about “the future of conservatism” at a major conservative conference Thursday, there was no mention of the man who might be conservatism’s biggest existential threat: Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner.

On the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference speakers showed no inclination to address the matter, despite growing panic and opposition toward Trump’s firepower in the GOP presidential race.