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Conservatives Rising in the West - The 2014 Western Conservative Summit

Conservatives Rising in the West - The 2014 Western Conservative Summit

The latest news and analysis on the revival of conservatism in the West along with coverage of the Western Conservative Summit held July 18-20, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado.

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National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee has raised $7.2 million, though the good doctor has not yet committed to making a run for the White House. (The Washington Times)

Carson wins straw poll as conservatives focus on winning battle of ideas

Dr. Ben S. Carson, professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, seen here at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, told a gathering Wednesday at the National Press Club that when he retired, he expected to play golf and learn new languages, but "God has different plans for me." (Associated Press)

'Carson for president' troops converge on Western Conservative Summit

** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, July 18, 2014 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jindal tells audience at conservative summit: Obama is abandoning the American dream

** FILE ** Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd in Sevierville, Tenn., on Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Knoxville News Sentinel, Saul Young)

Palin urges grassroots at conservative summit to support impeachment of Obama

The Western Conservative Summit has grown tenfold in the past five years, forcing it to move from the Colorado suburbs to the capital. The theme for this year's conference, which starts Friday with an expected 3,000 attendees, is "Right turn, right now." (GettyImages)

Colorado summit a conservative magnet

GOP presents ethnic faces to California voters

FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Martinez is blaming President Barack Obama and Congress for the surge in Central American immigrants attempting to enter the country illegally. The Republican says immigrant parents are dropping off their children at the border and are &quot;expecting the federal government to just throw up its hands and let them in.&quot; (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Conservative convert Susana Martinez converts voters with her personal story

Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska, formerly the mayor of Anchorage, narrowly defeated scandal-plagued longtime Sen. Ted Stevens to win his Senate seat in 2008. Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, 2010 Senate candidate and tea party favorite Joe Miller and former Alaska Attorney General Daniel Sullivan are vying for the opportunity to challenge Begich for his seat in November. Alaska's primaries will be held on Aug. 19. (Associated Press)

Alaska tops wildcard races across the West

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is using his final months in office to generate national headlines, whether it is a photo op with President Obama, taking on a U.S. senator over his Iraq policy or delivering a popular speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. (Associated Press Photographs)

Rick Perry's sharp elbows a warmup for 2016?

Illustration on Democrat attacks on the First Amendment by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

'Fahrenheit 451' Democrats

** FILE ** Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, shown here in Helena, Mont., August, 2012, says he will not run for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, File)

An opportunity that can't be lost

California Gov. Ronald Reagan speaks during the National Governor's Conference in Washington in this Feb. 27, 1969 photo. He died Saturday, June 5, 2004 at his home in California, according to a friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He was 93. (AP Photo)

The West may rise again

Tea Party Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The Tea Party and the modern-day Sagebrush Rebellion

The Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael B. Oren, left, is applauded by John Andrews, director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, after Oren spoke at a lunch at the school in Lakewood, Colo., on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011. The ambassador said his country would like to be guardedly optimistic about the string of uprisings in the Middle East. Oren received a friendly welcome from the crowd of about 200 at the campus. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

America hasn't peaked yet

** FILE ** Demonstrator react to hearing the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court ruled that corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that employee insurance plans cover contraceptives for women. (Associated Press)

Winning Western women

John Banks holds up a banner during a rally in support of Cliven Bundy near Bunkerville Nev. Monday, April 7, 2014, 2014. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call &quot;trespass cattle&quot; that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

When the West is pushed, it turns right

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