The first day ever results in a tie between Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the DC Occupiers.
Newt Gingrich,after setting up private meet and greet at CPAC for 100, let just over 40 people in - most of them press and his own campaign aids - and then closed the door on the rest of the gathered crowd. Many of the people who had been promised a spot at the reception had been waiting for over two hours, holding up "Newt" signs and tirelessly handing out "Newt" literature and stickers to anyone who passed by.
The DC Occupiers surrounded the Marriott Wardman Park where CPAC was held. They blocked exits, making it impossible for conference attendees - or even just regular guests - to leave the hotel for lunch without wading through a sea of stinky bodies who were likely to at the very least attack them verbally. To make matters worse, some of them actually came into the hotel, pushing past CPAC attendees and blocking the video monitors while Governor Romney spoke. They were wearing CPAC badges, which meant that either they paid hundreds of dollars to stage that protest, or someone else bought their badges for them. Of course, then we found out that they were being paid by SEIU $60 per day to protest, so it's likely that they financed the infiltration as well. But we already knew that the SEIU needs to be punted.
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