Trump shuns conservative conference after debate shocker

Donald Trump backed out Friday from appearing at a prominent conservative conference, after plumbing new depths of vulgarity in the latest US presidential debate, to the despair of the Republican Party. Trump said he was scrapping a scheduled appearance Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference so he could attend rallies in Kansas, which holds its Republican caucus that day, and then Florida, which votes March 15. "His choice sends a clear message to conservatives," CPAC said on T