By David Weigel MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. The Conservative Political Action Conference will tractor-beam all movement

John McCain of Arizona, went on to win CPAC's much-watched presidential straw poll, the second of this three straight victories at the annual gathering of conservative leaders. Fast forward back to present day: Romney, now the front-runner in his

Santorum's wins this week is well timed because it may help him to convince the folks at CPAC that he is a big-tent conservative who can defeat Romney and Barack Obama. Gingrich, though, is fluent in the language of the movement and can revive his

In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, leading historian and expert on the conservative movement, Lee Edwards, discusses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the state of conservatism.

By David Weigel MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. The Conservative Political Action Conference will tractor-beam all movement