I was networking and wasn't able to make it into the ballroom in time to catch most of Santorum's speech (I'll catch it later online or on C-SPAN) but it awarded me a unique opportunity to see just how big the Trifecta Sweep candidate. The line to get in was massive, even halfway through the speech it was an amorphous blob that stretched down several hallways.
The other thing I noticed was the number of people crowded around the many screens throughout the hotel broadcasting the speeches in the main ballroom. They were often 6 or 8 people deep.
Fortunately for Santorum, the ACU rep. reminded attendees to go vote in the straw poll. His speech was well-received, and winning the straw poll could continue to boost his momentum. Of course, that opportunity was made possible by Ron Paul, who skipped CPAC. That, combined with the one million dollars he raised the day after his Trifecta Sweep, has to have establishment conservatives pissing their pants.
It's been wonderful, actually, to not have Ron Paul fans booing the speakers, cluttering the hallways, spouting conspiracy theories, smoking weed in the bathrooms (ok, not really, but close enough). All in all, it's been a decent convention thus far. Though to be honest we're outgrowing the hotel (and the horrific wifi, which has improved somewhat today.)
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