I walked into the Omni Shoreham in D.C., where CPAC is being held and saw the Romney college-kid presence before I exited my cab. Next: More Mitt. Then, more Mitt. Finally, a kid hands me a printout from TownHall and says “Watch out for Rudy” (as in Beware the Evil One). More Romney. Then an enthused wide-smile gal with a Brownback flier. Geez, there’s more Romney. And now I walk into Mike Huckabee (himself, no flier or decal or mere t-shirt). I look at schedule to see if Huckabee is coming or going (going) and see that Rudy is appears to be missing from the schedule (oops? Or a vast-right-wing conspiracy against Giuliani?).

Michael Barone is speaking and says that, no offense, he hasn’t heard any good ideas from any the candidates…I don’t know how many college-kid volunteers can combat that.