Over here at Stand Up Republic "Principles First" event at D.C. Nat'l Press Club - where they're trying to counter-program CPAC - a pretty full house and Bill Kristol kicks off his remarks with, "the spirit of this gathering is more important" than any conclusion attendees reach. To a question about how/why conservatives haven't had an inclusive message on race, Peter Wehner acknowledges the "racially tinged" Nixon southern strategy and Mona Charen says the 1619 project, though she doesn't agree with everything, "had a lot of things to recommend it."