John McCain hit many of the notes I suggested this morning, and seems to have won over the balance of   the CPAC crowd's verbally expressed opinion. There was a brief moment of booing when he raised the topic of immigration, but after a few seconds of scattered boos, cheering began and then supplanted, growing as the seconds went by. The crowd had been previously cautioned to eschew booing, and the cheers steadily grew. From that point on, those with negative opinions kept their own counsel, while the percentage of the crowd cheering appeared to grow. One could say that the audible evidence suggests McCain won over the crowd.He stressed many shared conservative values he pledges to fight for. National defense was presented as a consequential choice facing to country. He predicted a humanitarian disaster in Iraq, should either Democrat be nominated and follow through on promises of prompt withdrawal.Along with general principles like liberty and fiscal...(Read Full Post)