Here's an update from the American Conservative magazine about the CPAC conference. The folks at the American Conservative are actually trying to elevate the conservative conversation. They write that there are glimmers of hope at the conference, (ones that don't at all include Palin... they aren't fans), but it sounds pretty nasty out there. Here's a quote from the post:
"[T]he fact that many of the speakers - and I listened to a lot - have relied so heavily on relentlessly shopworn, ad hominem attacks, crude stereotypes (at one point a speaker asked, regarding Nancy Pelosi, 'guys, how would you like to be married to that?') and demagoguery (lots of talk about the Socialist Revolution at the door, hammers and sickles and pitchforks, oh my), indicates a lot more self-reflection needs to happen. But right now, red meat still rules. And it tends to spoil. Fast."