Quick Note: I Stand with Bernie!

Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey) plus wanna-bes Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee and, of course, Sarah Palin are attending, along with a throng of other congressional and state Republican hopefuls and conservative hangers-on.  Jeb Bush was invited but declined citing a scheduling conflict. 

At the risk of being politically incorrect...the conference is sort of like a 21st Century white man's slave auction.  In this iteration, grown men voluntarily put themselves on the auction block and take turns telling the Kochs whatever it is they want to hear. Then, one guy gets purchased; and he gets to go home to serve these billionaire brothers in any way they choose by saying whatever they tell him to say, voting however they tell him to vote, and doing whatever they tell him to do whenever they tell him to do it. 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) cut debate on the Keystone XL pipeline short on Friday over objections from Democrats so that Senate Republicans could present themselves to their money-men without a delay.

I guess, because governing "responsibly" is less important than sucking up to a couple of billionaires.