Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney predicted to a gathering of conservatives that President Barack Obama won't win re-election.
Cheney stepped to the podium near the end of a talk Thursday by his daughter and said, "I think that Barack Obama will be a one-term president."
That brought loud and lengthy cheers from the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering of the U.S. political right in Washington.
While Cheney provided the memorable sound bite from the conference's first day, the overall event features appearances by Florida gubernatorial hopeful Marco Rubio and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., who rocked the political landscape with is special election victory last month.
Speakers consistently railed against the policies of Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The CPAC gathering is trying to build on the grassroots movement that was so apparent last summer and fall, as activists protested the Democrats' plans for healthcare reform.
This is a gathering of conservatives more than Republicans, as television personality Glenn Beck stressed in his comments Thursday, saying many participants were angry at Republicans for not staying true to conservative values.
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