As Christine noted, Donald Trump has abruptly bailed on his Saturday morning CPAC appearance. Why? Despite having a sizable contingent of supporters here, this crowd seems to overwhelmingly support Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, in that order. During last night's debate watch party, the large audience in the ballroom rained boos down on Trump throughout the evening, loudly cheering Cruz and Rubio's attacks on the frontrunner. After the debate, Trump joined a special edition of Hannity, whose titular host was broadcasting from the conference. When Trump was introduced as a guest, a large portion of assembled onlookers reacted negatively. Let's face it: A man of Trump's inflated, fragile ego does not handle slights well. Having just defended the size of his dainty hands (and, surreally, his man-parts) from the debate stage unprompted, it seems likely that the controversial mogul couldn't stomach the prospect of getting heavily booed in a half-empty room (due in part to early start time and long security lines) tomorrow morning. Instead, a hasty decision was made to pull the plug.I suppose Laura Ingraham thinks this is a great move, given that in her warped view of the universe, CPAC is probably an "establishment" event.
From the clips I've seen of responses from organizers and attendees, it's leaving a bad taste in a lot of mouths.
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