CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary  —  See seven minutes of raw, unexpurgated right-wing action courtesy of VideoNation:  —  Michelle Malkin goes unhinged and launches a hysterical tirade into the lens of my camera.  I ask Ann "John Edwards is a Faggot" Coulter why she isn't the same person on Sunday morning as on Saturday night.

Senator Admits Calling U.S. Attorney  —  Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) acknowledged today that he contacted the U.S. attorney in Albuquerque last fall to inquire about the status of an ongoing corruption probe of Democrats, saying he regretted the call but "never pressured him nor threatened him in any way."

FDA Rules Override Warnings About Drug  —  Cattle Antibiotic Moves Forward Despite Fears of Human Risk  —  The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings from health groups and a majority of the agency's own expert advisers …

Giuliani Has No Real Chance With GOP Voters . . . or Does He?  —  The 2008 presidential campaign is just weeks old, but already an article of faith within the Republican Party — the belief that no politician who favors abortion rights and gay rights can win the GOP nomination …

Newt Blames The Victims of Katrina  —  Blog for our Future: … I tell you, this CPAC convention really highlights the humanity of these conservatives.  And the worst part?  It's not the first time Newt's put this in one of his speeches.  Jeffrey Feldman has more...

How Gore's massive energy consumption saves the world  —  Stop me if you've heard this before, but the other day the Rev. Al Gore declared that "climate change" was "the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced.'' Ever.

Police and Protesters Clash in St. Petersburg  —  An unusually large and unruly protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended here Saturday in clashes with the police and the arrest of opposition leaders.  Rally organizers and the police said more than 100 people …

Numbers Drop for the Married With Children  —  Institution Becoming The Choice of the Educated, Affluent  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Punctuating a fundamental change in American family life, married couples with children now occupy fewer than one in every four households — a share that has been slashed …

That so?  —  TPM Reader FF just flagged this article in today's Oregonian.  According to the article, Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) was at a Republican conference defending his changed position on Iraq and specifically his opposition to the 'surge'.  And in the course of defending himself …

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery - AIPAC Policy Forum  —  Thank you so much for your kind introduction and the invitation to meet with you this morning.  —  Last week, this event was described to me as a small gathering of friends.

Blind Faith  —  What Every American Needs to Know — and Doesn't  —  HarperSanFrancisco.  296 pp.  $24.95  —  The United States is the most religious nation in the developed world, if religiosity is measured by belief in all things supernatural — from God and the Virgin Birth to the humbler workings of angels and demons.

Obama: Iran threatens all of us  —  Won't rule out force in speech in Chicago to pro-Israel group  —  Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the use of military force should not be taken off the table when dealing with Iran, which he called "a threat to all of us."

Brit Hume On Walter Reed: 'It Looks Terrible' For The Bush Administration, 'Which Is The Problem'  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume spoke about the Walter Reed scandal in entirely political terms, saying "the problem" is that it "looks terrible" for the administration.

Children of 11 to be finger printed  —  CHILDREN aged 11 to 16 are to have their fingerprints taken and stored on a secret database, internal Whitehall documents reveal.  —  The leaked Home Office plans show that the mass fingerprinting will start in 2010, with a batch of 295,000 youngsters who apply for passports.