Liveblogging the Vice President at CPAC
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The Vice President just started speaking. I'll be liveblogging his speech here.
Later today, Mitt Romney will speak and John McCain will speak. Also, the President will make an appearance -- his first ever.
The Vice President says that in this final year in office he and the President "are not going to waste the moment." He says the government is going to have to keep to its limits and mentions tax cuts.
"The President and I came to face challenges and face them squarely. This has required a lot of big decisions," he says. He also mentions inheriting an economy in recession. "Even with 9/11 we haven't gone through a recession since. Lower taxes are always good for this economy," he begins his pitch on the President's recovery plan.
The Vice President calls on Congress to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. He points out that all the tax cuts over the past eight years will go away unless Congress acts.
"Letting the Bush tax cuts expire will be one of the largest government money grabs in American history and we must not allow it to happen. . . . Congress will have to make some tough choices and maybe wind up with less money to spend on their own pet projects."
[NOTE: I give up the live blogging. The set up here is less than ideal. One tv at the end of a row and lots of people talking. Can't hear a damned thing.]