A Liberty Lover's guide to CPAC

[Rocco]

I know there are many here who are on the fence about possibly attending CPAC now that Ron Paul has declined to attend. As a liberty lover who wants to see our movement progress, I would urge everybody who can to still attend!

But rather then harp on the benefits to Rand of winning the straw poll or the importance to the movement of a good showing at THE major conservative event of the year, I would like to focus on the liberty related things going on during CPAC. As you will see below, each day is FULL of events that are very relevant to liberty lovers, and you will certainly have a full day at the convention! CPAC begins at 8:45 AM on March 14th and concludes at 5:30 on March 16th. Here are all of the notable liberty events for each day:


Thursday, March 14th

9:00 The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia Attorney General Potomac Ballroom

9:45 Panel 1: “Too Many American Wars? Should We Fight Anywhere and Can WeAfford It?” Potomac Ballroom

11:45 The Honorable Mike Lee, U.S. Senator (R-UT) Potomac Ballroom

12:30 The Honorable Mike Lee: “The Relevance of the U.S. Constitution Today” Chesapeake G-H

1:30 The Honorable Rand Paul, U.S. Senator (R-KY) Potomac Ballroom

1:45 The Honorable Rand Paul: “Economic Liberty and the Rising Generation” Chesapeake G-H

2:45 The Honorable Connie Mack US Representative (R-FL) National Harbor 2-3

3:00 “Grassroots Lobbying Workshop: Holding Your Elected Officials Accountable” Chesapeake 1
Hosted by the Leadership Institute (A pro liberty group)

3:00 “Public Speaking Workshop” Chesapeake 2-3
Hosted by the Leadership Institute (A pro liberty group)

3:00 Breakout Session 3: “Should We Shoot all the Consultants Now?” National Harbor 2-3
Morton Blackwell, President, The Leadership Institute

4:00 Breakout Session 5: “The Future of the Movement: Winning withGeneration X/Y” National Harbor 2-3
Jeff Frazee, Executive Director, Young Americans for Liberty + Moderator: Alexander McCobin, President, Students for Liberty

5:00 Breakout Session 7: “The United Nations vs. The United States: The End Run National Harbor 4-5Around the American Way of Life”

7:30 Presidential Dinner Potomac BallroomFeatured Speaker: The Honorable Jim DeMint, President-Elect,The Heritage Foundation


Friday, March 15th

8:55 Invocation

9:15 The Honorable Jason Chaffetz, U.S. Representative (UT-3) National Harbor 2-3

9:45 Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian VP nominee, National Harbor 2-3

10:45 Wayne LaPierre, Chief Executive Officer, National Rifle Association Potomac Ballroom

12:15 Panel 3: “A Debate: Defense Budgets & Readiness: Can We Cut DefenseSpending & Still Protect America?” Potomac Ballroom
Tom Coburn vs. Lindsey Graham

3:00 Breakout Session 2: “Accuracy & Innocence in the Criminal Justice System” Chesapeake D-F
The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia Attorney General

5:00 Breakout Session 9: “The Liberty Movement & It’s Role in the Conservative Movement” National Harbor 4-5
Nena Bartlett, Executive Director, Ladies of Liberty Alliance
Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty
Doug Stafford, Chief of Staff, Office of The Honorable Rand Paul (R-KY)
Ashley Ryan, Maine Republican National Committeewoman


Saturday, March 16th

9:00 Pledge

10:00 Panel: “What is a Conservative Foreign Policy?” Chesapeake G-H


12:30 10 Conservatives Under 40 Potomac Ballroom

1:00 Panel: “Emerging Issues for Movement Conservatives 2013” Chesapeake A-C
Kerri Toloczko, Senior Vice President (Policy), Institute for Liberty
Peter Roff, Contributing Editor, U.S. News & World Report
Moderator: George Landrith, President, Frontiers of Freedom Institute

1:15 Panel 4: “Has Atlas Shrugged? Business in America” Potomac Ballroom

2:30 Mia Love, Mayor of Saratoga Springs (R-UT) Potomac Ballroom

3:45 David Keene, President, National Rifle Association Potomac Ballroom

4:30 CPAC 213 Straw Poll Results Potomac Ballroom

4:45 The Honorable Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator (R-TX) Potomac Ballroom

[Rocco]

A list of notable events that are not liberty related:


Thursday, March 14th
9:15 The Honorable Allen West, former U.S. Representative Potomac Ballroom

9:30 The Honorable Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator (R-PA) Potomac Ballroom

1:15 The Honorable Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator (R-FL) Potomac Ballroom

3:15 The Honorable Rick Perry, Governor of Texas - Potomac Ballroom

3:30 The Honorable Tim Scott, U.S. Senator (R-SC) Potomac Ballroom



Friday, March 15th

9:00 The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Republican Leader, U.S. Senate Potomac Ballroom

9:15 The Honorable Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Senator (R-NH) Potomac Ballroom

9:30 The Honorable Paul Ryan, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives - Potomac Ballroom

12:00 The Honorable Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator Potomac Ballroom

1:00 The Honorable Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts - Potomac Ballroom

2:20 The Honorable Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana - Potomac Ballroom

3:30 The Honorable Eric Cantor, Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives Potomac Ballroom

7:30 Reagan Dinner Potomac BallroomFeatured Speaker: The Honorable Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida



Saturday, March 16th

9:05 The Honorable Steve King, U.S. Representative (IA-4) Potomac Ballroom

9:15 The Honorable Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin Potomac Ballroom

9:30 The Honorable Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Potomac Ballroom

9:45 The Honorable Michele Bachmann, U.S. Representative (MN-6) Potomac Ballroom

11:45 The Honorable Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska - Potomac Ballroom

3:45 Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee - Potomac Ballroom

[compromise]

Chaffetz is pretty good. He's a fiscal conservative, a member of the House Liberty Caucus, a friend of Amash and opposed the infinite detention provision of the NDAA. Definitely go to his speech over Ayotte's.

Another good guy is Connie Mack (R-FL-14), he was a fiscal conservative who opposed the Patriot Act, NDAA and CISPA. He also defended WikiLeaks and was endorsed by Ron and Rand in his failed 2012 Senate run in Florida. He's a Mike Lee-type. Thursday, 2:45, National Harbor 2-3.

I know a lot of libertarians dislike him, but Wayne Allyn Root, the 2008 Libertarian VP nominee is also speaking at 9:45 on Friday at National Harbor 2-3.

Also, Mia Love, Mayor of Saratoga Springs in Utah, has some liberty leanings and some people on here like her, she's at 2:30 on Saturday at the Potomac Ballroom.

[compromise]

A list of notable events that are not liberty related:

Thursday, March 14th
9:15 The Honorable Allen West, former U.S. Representative Potomac Ballroom

9:30 The Honorable Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator (R-PA) Potomac Ballroom

1:15 The Honorable Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator (R-FL) Potomac Ballroom

3:30 The Honorable Tim Scott, U.S. Senator (R-SC) Potomac Ballroom



Friday, March 15th

9:00 The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Republican Leader, U.S. Senate Potomac Ballroom

9:15 The Honorable Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Senator (R-NH) Potomac Ballroom

9:15 The Honorable Jason Chaffetz, U.S. Representative (UT-3) National Harbor 2-3

12:00 The Honorable Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator Potomac Ballroom

3:30 The Honorable Eric Cantor, Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives Potomac Ballroom

7:30 Reagan Dinner Potomac BallroomFeatured Speaker: The Honorable Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida



Saturday, March 16th

9:05 The Honorable Steve King, U.S. Representative (IA-4) Potomac Ballroom

9:15 The Honorable Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin Potomac Ballroom

9:30 The Honorable Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Potomac Ballroom

9:45 The Honorable Michele Bachmann, U.S. Representative (MN-6) Potomac Ballroom

Thursday:
3:15 The Honorable Rick Perry, Governor of Texas - Potomac Ballroom

Friday:
9:30 The Honorable Paul Ryan, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives - Potomac Ballroom
1:00 The Honorable Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts - Potomac Ballroom
2:20 The Honorable Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana - Potomac Ballroom

Saturday:
11:45 The Honorable Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska - Potomac Ballroom
3:45 Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee - Potomac Ballroom

[Rocco]

Thanks a bunch for the updates, I will continue to update the OP as we continue to get updates!

[Bastiat's The Law]

When is the vote and is there going to be a coordinated effort to have Rand win the straw poll instead of Rubio?

[Rocco]

I am not sure when the vote is, and yes there is a coordinated effort. The facebook event is below, and there are a TON of liberty activists who will be coming in for CPAC 2013!

https://www.facebook.com/events/348798078550472/?fref=ts


When is the vote and is there going to be a coordinated effort to have Rand win the straw poll instead of Rubio?

[compromise]

Thursday:

9:45 Panel 1: “Too Many American Wars? Should We Fight Anywhere and Can WeAfford It?” Potomac Ballroom
The Honorable Louie Gohmert, US Representative (TX-1)
This is the guy who offered Rand his boots during the filibuster and tried to amend NDAA.

10:45 Panel 2: "Respecting Families and the Rule of Law: A Lasting Immigration Policy" Potomac Ballroom
The Honorable Raul Labrador, US Representative (ID-1)

11:15 The Honorable Matt Salmon, US Representative (AZ-5)
Not sure about this freshman, but Massie says he's a good guy

1:45 The Honorable Ted Cruz: "Economic Liberty and the Rising Generation" Chesapeake G-H

3:00 "Lessons They Have Learned and We Haven't: The Europeanization of America" Chesapeake A-C
Belgian libertarian MEP Derk Jan Eppink and moderator Alexander Skouras, former Washington state director of Ron Paul 2012

4:00 "How a Constitutional Sheriff can protect your Second Amendment Rights" Chesapeake L
Richard Mack, former sheriff, Graham County, Arizona

Friday:

2:30 The Honorable Tim Huelskamp, US Representative (KS-1) National Harbor 2-3

5:00 Breakout Session 9: “The Liberty Movement & It’s Role in the Conservative Movement” National Harbor 4-5
Ashley Ryan is no longer attending and has been replaced by Peter Schiff, Host, "The Peter Schiff Show" and Dr. Merrill Mathers, Resident Scholar, Institute for Policy Innovation

[compromise]

Bump

[Christian Liberty]

Connie Mack is from where I used to live! Can't believe I never knew that until now...

I wonder how demographics there are compared to the rest of the state. I know Florida usually goes Republican because of hawkish foreign policy, from what I've heard.

[Matt Collins]

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