White House Press Secretary Tony Snow received a standing ovation following his speech to conservatives today at CPAC. The room was packed as Snow follow Senate Majority Mitch McConnell to center stage. His message for conservatives was simple: take off the dark-colored glasses "because we've got a lot of work to do."

Not longer can Republicans, and especially conservatives, pout about November's election results.

"We need to apply our ingenuity to today's issues," Snow said. As conservatives we need to focus on our abilities to compete on the global stage, keep solving social problems with conservative answers, and win the War on Terror.

Although the war came to us, he said, we have to "pull together and finish the job."

The world is watching and waiting, Snow told the crowd, and "when we win...the rest of the world's going to say, 'We want to be like America.'"

In closing he said, "History is tapping us on the shoulder right now" and we as conservatives have to got to step up and make this our finest hour.