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The Straight Jacket Award Of The Day For 2/18/10: The First Day Of CPAC 2010

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Oh the crazy was in abundance today at the always annual CPAC in D.C. The highlights were so plenty that we have to sum it up in the Top 10 moments . 10. Dick Armey "The number 1 biggest problem in America is the physical size of this government" 9. That same aptly named man, laughing at the uninsured again with "Armey mocks the idea of a "crisis in health care" 8. This Jason Mattera sure has some manners. More to come from him later. 7. Some nut named David David Keene said "ACU chair Keene says CPAC has "Barack Obama honorary teleprompters" 6. The royal pig that is Erick Erickson said the unsurprisingly..."We got Fox News." 5. Erickson was not done, finding time to be obsessed with and poke fun at Media Matters 4. The voice of the "Demon Sheep" ad somehow thought it was rational to say Obama "probably" planning to use Gitmo to imprison Breitbart and Coulter." Wait, conservatives and rati...

So, Is Liz His VP?

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Look who is getting more momentum for a 2012 bid. At first, it seemed like a joke. Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto opined on Monday that -- if the 2012 election were to turn to national security -- "it's hard to think of a better candidate... than Richard B. Cheney." But while his headline -- "Cheney for President" -- provoked guffaws in some quarters, several of the party's most well-regarded strategists and pollsters are actually taking the idea deadly seriously. Amazing isn't it. It seems like he would be a great president, but Sammy Stein reminds us that there are a few little things stopping a President Cheney Administration from happening Of course, speculating about a Cheney presidency is ludicrous for many reasons. For starters, it's three years and several months until the general election. Moreover, the former vice president's age and health remain a major issue (as they did when he was picked to be VP nine years ago). And...