Mitt Romney's thirteen-minute address to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday (February 27th) not only drew prolonged applause and cheers, but also started immediate speculation among the 8,000-plus CPAC participants:  was this speech of the former Massachusetts governor and '08 Republican Presidential hopeful the kickoff to a second White House bid in 2012?

Romney was introduced by American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene as one who conservatives “didn't know much about” when he first addressed the conservative conclave in '06 but was now clearly accepted on the right as “one of the family.”  

Read the rest of the article which quotes from Romney's speech in Human Events.

He joked that Obama may “arrest me for practicing capitalism.”

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