Allen West Selected As Closing Speaker For CPAC 2011 #CPAC11

Allen West Selected as Closing Speaker for CPAC 2011
Freshman Congressman Demonstrates Sound Leadership in New Age of Conservatism

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) and consistently the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the country, announced today that a rising star in a new era of conservatism, Congressman Allen West, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s conference.

“Congressman West epitomizes the core conservative values CPAC attendees treasure: a basic belief in human freedom, traditional values, and a love of country based on an appreciation of the nation’s founding documents,” said ACU Chair David A. Keene.  “We at CPAC watched with excitement last year as one our own, Congressman West, won one of the most important Congressional races in the country and conveyed his conservative beliefs to Washington.  His fulsome efforts on conservative issues important to his constituents and his thoughtful leadership among the newest Members of the U.S. House make him the perfect keynote speaker for this year’s conference.”

Congressman West’s history with CPAC is legend.  After a lifetime of service to his country in the military, he first attended the 2009 CPAC as a concerned citizen.  Quickly identified as a powerful conservative mind, he was invited in 2010 to address the conference, delivering a powerful speech that catapulted him as a thoughtful icon of the conservative movement.  This year he returns to CPAC to deliver the keynote address and discuss the future of conservatism.

The ACU is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots conservative organization.  The American Conservative Union Foundation’s annual CPAC meeting is the largest gathering of conservatives annually.  Testifying to the exponential growth of the conservative movement, this year’s conference is on-track to be the most highly attended in its decades-long history with fifteen percent more attendees than last year and twice as many exhibitors.  With forty percent of registrants being first time attendees, this year’s CPAC will emphasize the development of a younger generation of conservatives.