CPAC: Santorum rips Romney, rouses conservatives

CPAC attendees Thursday heard from Rep. Michele Bachmann, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and Gov. Rick Perry. But the economy wasn't a major CPAC theme. By David Grant, DCDecoder / February 10, 2012 Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota addresses the

any candidate, has done to bring this party to unity and energize this party as a result of your attack on religious liberty," Huckabee said on the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington.

This year, CPAC attendees won't have to settle on a doppelganger, as the former Alaska governor is slated to deliver the event's keynote address on Saturday. But, with the Michigan and Arizona primaries looming at the end

Without identifying him by name, Rick Santorum took on Mitt Romney during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday morning, slamming the ex-Massachusetts governor on health care and global warming.

Yes, the Republican presidential primary is colliding with CPAC this week, but a lesser-noticed (and probably less-interesting) contest is playing out as well: the race for vice president. The two entrants in that competition who have shown up so far