In an interview with conservative pundit SE Cupp, former Senator (and possible presidential hopeful/wishful) Rick Santorum ticked off several reasons why he believes GOP supernova Sarah Palin is skipping this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), chiefly citing “financial benefit,” but also that she’s “the mother to all these kids.”

Is this a shot across Palin’s bow for 2012? Either way, it’s an unfair, sexist premise that has no basis in fact.

The organizers of CPAC have heard Mike Huckabee‘s sour-grapes complaints about the convention’s increasingly libertarian direction (presumably a jab about the fact that he lost the 2012 presidential straw poll to Congressman Ron Paul), and they are, more than anything, confused. David Keene, the organizer of CPAC, told CNN: “We were frankly a [little] perplexed by Governor Huckabee’s comments about CPAC given our long and cordial relationship with him and his family.”

Last week this website reported on two rather unique and interesting stories involving me. The first dealt with my attempt to get answers from David Keene, who is the head of the American Conservative Union and CPAC. The second focused on my offer to Keith Olbermann to pay his favorite charity $100,000 if he agreed to debate me about Sarah Palin . I wish to address some of the issues that have come up in response to these news items.

Michelle Malkin, conservative pundit and author of Culture of Corruption, is the poster girl for the right’s no-holds-barred opposition to President Obama and the Democratic majority. While she’s not afraid to offend, she’s also not afraid to be disagreed with.

This year’s Western Conservative Political Action Conference may best be remembered for John Ziegler’s unceremonious ejection, but the gathering has also prompted withering criticism across the blogosphere. Can you guess which frothing Daily Kos blogger said this?

On last night’s edition of Countdown, Keith Olbermann and Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis had themselves a good chuckle about the confrontation between John Ziegler and ACU chairman David Keene. Kofinis called the showdown a “good old conservative rat fight,” and Olbermann wondered if Ziegler was “defending his own crush.” In a Mediaite exclusive, Ziegler offers $100,000 to Olbermann’s favorite charity to an on-air debate about the former Alaska Governor.

Yesterday, conservative filmmaker John Ziegler confronted American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene at the ACU’s Western CPAC about comments he made about Sarah Palin, and the FedEx scandal. Profanity, threats of violence, and a “Kanye moment” ensued. In an exclusive to Mediaite, John Ziegler tells his side of the story.

Rabble-rousing filmmaker John Ziegler interviewed American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene at the ACU’s Western CPAC yesterday, and he turned loose the bulldog style he usually reserves for MSNBC anchors. Ziegler confronted Keene about comments he made about Sarah Palin, and the FedEx scandal. Profanity, threats of violence, and a “Kanye moment” ensued. Mediaite has exclusive details.