CPAC 2013 Speaker List

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Other speakers will be added when they are invited, [CONFIRMED] will be added when someone confirms their attendance at the event:

US Senators (former & incumbent):
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) [CONFIRMED]
John Barrasso (R-WY) [CONFIRMED]
Tom Coburn (R-OK) [CONFIRMED]
Ted Cruz (R-TX) [CONFIRMED]
Jim DeMint (R-SC) [CONFIRMED]
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Ron Johnson (R-WI) [CONFIRMED]
Mike Lee (R-UT) [CONFIRMED]
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) [CONFIRMED]
Rand Paul (R-KY) [CONFIRMED]
Marco Rubio (R-FL) [CONFIRMED]
Rick Santorum (R-PA) [CONFIRMED]
Tim Scott (R-SC) [CONFIRMED]
Pat Toomey (R-PA) [CONFIRMED]

US Representatives (former & incumbent):
Michele Bachmann (R-MN-6)
Diane Black (R-TN-6)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-7) [CONFIRMED]
Eric Cantor (R-VA-7) [CONFIRMED]
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3) [CONFIRMED]
Artur Davis (D-AL-7) [CONFIRMED]
Cory Gardner (R-CO-4) [CONFIRMED]
Newt Gingrich (R-GA-6) [CONFIRMED]
Tim Huelskamp (R-KS-1) [CONFIRMED]
Darrel Issa (R-CA-49)
Mike Kelly (R-PA-3) [CONFIRMED]
Steve King (R-IA-4) [CONFIRMED]
Connie Mack (R-FL-14) [CONFIRMED]
Ron Paul (R-TX-14) [DECLINED]
Paul Ryan (R-WI-1) [CONFIRMED]
Matt Salmon (R-AZ-5) [CONFIRMED]
Steve Scalise (R-LA-1) [CONFIRMED]
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5) [CONFIRMED]
Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) [CONFIRMED]
Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) [CONFIRMED]
Allen West (R-FL-22) [CONFIRMED]

Governors (former & incumbent):
Jeb Bush (R-Florida) [CONFIRMED]
Luis Fortuno (PNP-Puerto Rico) [CONFIRMED]
Nikki Haley (R-South Carolina)
Bobby Jindal (R-Louisiana)
Susana Martinez (R-New Mexico)
Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) [CONFIRMED]
Rick Perry (R-Texas)
Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts) [CONFIRMED]
Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) [CONFIRMED]

Foreign Prime Ministers:
Stephen Harper (Canada)
Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)

State legislators:
Nicole Malliotakis (Assemblywoman, R-NY-64)
Elise Hall (Representative, R-OK-100)

Misc:
David Bossie (President of Citizen's United) [CONFIRMED]
Brent Bozell (Founder & President of the Media Research Center) [CONFIRMED]
Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine [CONFIRMED]
Ken Cuccinelli (Attorney General of Virginia) [CONFIRMED]
S.E. Cupp (Political Commentator) [DECLINED]
Edwin Feulner (President of the Heritage Foundation) [CONFIRMED]
Carly Fiorina (ACU Board Member) [CONFIRMED]
Richard Fisher (Chief Executive Officer of the Reserve Bank of Dallas-San Antonio) [CONFIRMED]
David Keene (President of the National Rifle Association) [CONFIRMED]
Wayne LaPierre (Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association) [CONFIRMED]
Mia Love (Mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah) [CONFIRMED]
Larry O’Connor (Editor in Chief of Breitbart.tv) [CONFIRMED]
Reince Priebus (Chairman of the Republican National Committee) [CONFIRMED]
Wayne Allyn Root (2008 Libertarian nominee for Vice President) [CONFIRMED]
Phyllis Schlafly (Founder of the Eagle Forum) [CONFIRMED]

[Mr.NoSmile]

Mia Love (Mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah)

This I find interesting, though not surprising. Since she spoke at the RNC, she's become what most would consider a star or even an anomaly since she's Black, Female, Republican AND Mormon at the same time. I do wonder if her speaking at CPAC is to raise her profile more if she decides to run for the House against Jim Matheson again. Their race was quite close.

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This I find interesting, though not surprising. Since she spoke at the RNC, she's become what most would consider a star or even an anomaly since she's Black, Female, Republican AND Mormon at the same time. I do wonder if her speaking at CPAC is to raise her profile more if she decides to run for the House against Jim Matheson again. Their race was quite close.

She also has liberty leanings. There was an interview where she was asked which Republican presidential candidate she liked most and she said it was Ron Paul. She's also very fiscally conservative, wants to slash the size of government and is a big Bastiat fan.

[Bastiat's The Law]

Good to see that Rand is a confirmed speaker. Now we just need to get our other potential liberty candidates for 2014 there to do a little meet and great so they raise their name recognition among the activists.

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Updated with Tim Scott and Kelly Ayotte confirmed.

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Their race was quite close.

+rep to the person who can spell out why she lost so I don't have to do it. It's a re-occurring theme.

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+rep to the person who can spell out why she lost so I don't have to do it. It's a re-occurring theme.

- Democrats portrayed her as an extremist
- Democrats portrayed her as stupid (like Palin, O'Donnell and Angle)
- The LP split the liberty vote
- Her campaign was very disorganized (her campaign manager changed monthly)

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- The LP split the liberty vote

h/t

[Mr.NoSmile]

- Democrats portrayed her as an extremist
- Democrats portrayed her as stupid (like Palin, O'Donnell and Angle)
- The LP split the liberty vote
- Her campaign was very disorganized (her campaign manager changed monthly)

And despite that, she still did come very close. Matheson beat her 49.3 to 48.1, so if she retooled her campaign should she run again, and CPAC would definitely be a good start, she could attract more voters who won't see her as some extreme Republican. If anything, they could probably call into question her support of Romney, knowing how that turned out.

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Tho there were reports of voter fraud, ballotpedia says Matheson had 48.8%, Love 48.5% and the LP 2.6%.