We are talking a group that who's policies and positions has nearly brought our nation to complete ruin twice (arguably 3 times) in the past decade. After all, it's their brand of conservatism that brought us
1) Economic ruin in 2007 as their let Wall Street and the Banks (they call them by the nicer term "market forces") be as reckless as they want to be, consequences be damned. That resulted in the near complete collapse of our economic system and it was only through the skill of President Obama that things got better.
2) The economic collapse was triggered by spiking gas prices of well over $4.00 a gallon. This was allowed to happen as the conservatives allowed the price of oil to be manipulated and their complete lack of effort to reduce our nations dangerous dependence of fossil fuels. So the gas guzzling cars and SUVs increased the loss of disposable income when the price of fuel oil and gas were manipulated to record highs.
3) The needless and illegal war with Iraq which was championed by CPAC was costly to the US and was a major contributor to the US deficit as well as ruining or ending the lives of thousands of Americans and Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis (I am being conservative here as the number most likely is well above a million.
4) The conservatives championed massive tax cuts for the ultra wealthy and for international corporations. The only result of these ill advised tax cuts were the rich got richer and our nation went from the Democratic surplus to record deficits.
5) When President Obama and the Democratic Congress reversed the economic death spiral, the conservatives of CPAC used the unlimited funds their plants on the Supreme Court ruled was perfectly legal and took back the House of Representatives. From their they wrought all sorts of economic chaos and destructive policy as these Conservatives demanded the nation not honor its debt and wanted to destroy Medicare and Social Security.
6) Beyond the economic mayhem and destruction this group has been instrumental in causing they have worked tirelessly to take away our basic freedoms. This group worked to use their federal power to not give Terry Shiavo the basic right of dying with human dignity. This group has worked tireless to take away a woman's right to decide and control her own body. This group has worked to take away the right to use birth control if one wants. This group has worked to take away the religious freedoms of Muslims. This group has worked to try and remove the civil liberties and rights of Hispanic and Latino Americans.
So why are the media outlets reporting on the meetings of a group that clearly has an agenda that is destructive to our nation, its ideals and our citizens? I mean the media doesn't report every ranting of Al Qaeda so why the rantings of CPAC?