Nearly 10,000 conservative activists are registered to attend this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.
Sen. Ted Cruz plans to kick off the annual three-day affair Thursday morning and Sarah Palin will offer closing remarks Saturday night. Other Republican headliners include Rep. Paul Ryan, Gov. Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich. CPAC has helped launch presidential campaigns for many GOP stars and 26 hopefuls are competing in this year’s straw poll.
The panel discussions also reveal the tone and the issues at the center of the conservative movement, with discussion topics ranging from “Healthcare After Obamacare: A Practical Guide for Living When No One Has Insurance and America Runs Out of Doctors” to “Rocky Mountain High: Does Legalized Pot Mean Society’s Going Up in Smoke?”
Below is a list of the scheduled events. For a full schedule, visit the CPAC website.
THURSDAY
9:00 am ET: Ted Cruz
9:24 am ET: Paul Ryan
10:19 am ET: Mitch McConnell
11:45 am ET: Chris Christie
12:00 pm ET: Bobby Jindal
12:16 pm ET: Marco Rubio
12:31 pm ET: Mike Lee
2:30 pm ET: Wayne LaPierre
2:45 pm ET: Donald Trump
FRIDAY
9:00 am ET: Rick Perry
9:16 am ET: John Cornyn
10:23 am ET: Mike Huckabee
2:26 pm ET: Rick Santorum
2:51 pm ET: Rand Paul
SATURDAY
12:45 pm ET: Newt Gingrich
12:58 pm ET: Ben Carson
5:23 pm ET: Straw poll results
5:45 pm ET: Sarah Palin
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Does the U.S. Congress Matter Anymore? Executive Orders and the Hopelessness of Ever Curtailing Federal Spending (Thursday at 9:48 am ET)
Healthcare After Obamacare: A Practical Guide for Living When No One Has Insurance and America Runs Out of Doctors (Thursday at 11:00 am ET)
Rocky Mountain High: Does Legalized Pot Mean Society’s Going Up in Smoke? (Thursday at 3:30 pm ET)
Not All Quiet on the Western Front: Conservatives Are Alive in Hollywood (Friday at 11:31 am ET)
Obama’s IRS: Political Arm of the Left? (Friday at 12:53 pm ET)
Can Libertarians and Social Conservatives Ever Get Along? (Friday at 1:39 pm ET)
Clare Kim