CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) no longer includes several significant Conservative candidates, broadcasters, and institutions.  Notably absent this weekend were Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council, and Concerned Women of America.  CPAC continues to drift apart from the Burkean Conservatism of religious principle and societal order inseparably linked to economic freedom.CPAC's Friday headline speaker, touting the virtue of a balanced budget, was Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, as introduced by George Will who has promoted Daniels as a possible presidential candidate.Mitch Daniels is George Will's Great Male Hope to save his Republican Party from Sarah Palin.  A year ago, George Will said Sarah Palin "is not going to be president and will not be the Republican nominee unless the party wants to lose at least 44 states."  And George has obsessively repeated, rephrased, and recycled that...(Read Full Post)