Romney tops conservative straw poll  —  WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney won the most support for the Republican presidential nomination in a straw poll of GOP activists attending an annual conference.  —  Despite his record of inconsistency on some social issues, the former Massachusetts governor got 21 percent …

ANN COULTER'S CRIMINAL INTENT  —  Just a few hours ago, my friend Dan Borchers — a conservative Christian who is writing a book about Ann Coulter's "extermination speak" — was bodily wrestled out of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) by four of Ann Coulter's bodyguards.

Romney and Giuliani Make Pitch to Conservatives  —  Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York are both Republican presidential candidates who have been voted into office by largely Democratic electorates.  They both have a history of taking liberal positions on social issues.

But Did Ginger Rogers Wear Flip-Flops?  —  "It's an honor to be here in high heels, walking backwards," Mitt Romney said yesterday as he began his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  Don't panic, Phyllis Schlafly: He was merely referring to a previous speaker's invocation of an old joke.

Noticeably Absent From the Giuliani Campaign: His Children  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani at his inaugural as mayor of New York in 1994, where his son, Andrew, 7, captured the show.  But Andrew was not at events like the one in Spartanburg, S.C., last month, right, part of Mr. Giuliani's bid for the presidency …