Conservative Political Action Conference

The McCain campaign just announced that Gary Bauer has endorsed John McCain. Bauer is the onetime president of the Family Research Council, founder of the Campaign for Working Families PAC, former presidential candidate, and an enthusiastic supporter of traditional marriage and turning over Roe v. Wade.

His endorsement should help soothe some of the conservative rebellion against what seems like McCain’s inevitable path to the Republican presidential nomination. It also seems like a bit of a blow to Mike Huckabee, whose wins this weekend were a sign of support from social conservatives. Huckabee had just earned the endorsement of James Dobson.

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Rudy Giuliani will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in D.C. on March 2, which should make for some YouTube moments.

Jason Horowitz looked at how some conservatives are unconvinced with Rudy's red state credentials. And Maggie Haberman of the Post got her hands on Rudy's writing from his days as an outspoken liberal college student. And for most of his campaign so far, Rudy has been seeking only friendly audiences.

So get your tickets now.

-- Azi Paybarah

Ryan Sager has a bit of a scoop in today's Post -- conservative leader David Keene softening on Rudy -- and some fairly surreal photos on his blog from the Conservative Political Action Conference.