conservative action conference is underway just outside d.c. at cpac, conservative stars like rand paul, marco rubio and sarah palin are the headliners of the three-day event. florida former congressman allen west stirred up the republican base. >> this conference, this audience, these values, all jealously guard conservative identity from liberal wolves in sheep's clothing. >> noticeably an send from the event, governors chris christie and bob mcdonnell. political columnist roger simon writes about the snub saying, quote, gop wants crazy after all these years. roger joins me now. good to see you. let's take a look at the list of the star speakers. mitt romney, wayne lapierre, donald trump. when you look at the list, what strikes you about those names? >> what strikes me about those names is that for the most part, they're on the extremes of