Geithner postpones unveiling TARP plan  —  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will postpone until Tuesday his new plan to boost the financial system with the rest of the $700 billion bailout money, one of President Obama's top economic advisers said on Sunday.  —  Lawrence Summers …

Saturday Night Live Lampoons Reid Pelosi On Stimulus Plan  —  SNL skewered Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on the stimulus plan via a satire that could reflect a growing perception that might not be helpful to the Democrats.

Celebrity side dish: Ann Coulter under investigation  —  Iman wants the world to stand up to Somalian pirates.  The supermodel is pained that her homeland remains so lawless that kids there can't get AIDS drugs from Keep a Child Alive's “Mother Africa” campaign.

Official: Sebelius near top for health post  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was near the top of President Barack Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department, a senior administration official said Saturday.

Senator Ensign Thinks States Can Cut Back Without Cutting Anything Back  —  The single most perverse thing about the Senate version of the stimulus package is that it made big reductions in federal aid to the states.  In economic terms, this was just about the least-controversial idea you could put in a stimulus package.

WILL FERRELL'S BUSH LEAGUE SHOW  —  HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH — EVEN INSULT DEAD TROOPS  —  Is it too much to ask for Hollywood's leading comic actor not to use the deaths of our troops in combat for a giggle?  Stay classy, Will Ferrell.  —  In his new (almost) one-man Broadway comedy …

Obama puts brake on Afghan surge  —  PRESIDENT Barack Obama has demanded that American defence chiefs review their strategy in Afghanistan before going ahead with a troop surge.  —  There is concern among senior Democrats that the military is preparing to send up to 30,000 extra troops without a coherent plan or exit strategy.

NOTABLE  —  A lot of readers see what Collins, Nelson, Specter et al. are doing in the worst light.  Nelson as a turncoat.  And Collins, Snowe and Specter diluting the Stimulus Bill to no good end.  On the policy merits, I completely agree.  As many others with greater grasps of the budgetary …

The Dissenter Who Changed the War  —  As the No. 2 Commander in Iraq, Raymond Odierno Challenged the Military Establishment, Pressing for More Troops and a Long-Term Strategy to Guide Them  —  Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno was an unlikely dissident, with little in his past to suggest …

Another Right-Wing Conspiracy in Washington?  —  If you're looking for a break from those conservative voices that dominate talk radio, take time out today to listen to local station OBAMA 1260 AM.  You'll hear the progressive voices of Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Lionel — or …

FLY ON THE WAL  —  UNDERCOVER AT WAL-MART, THE HEARTLAND SUPERSTORE THAT MAY SAVE THE ECONOMY  —  Some people, usually community activists, loath Wal-Mart.  Others, like the family of four struggling to make ends meet, are in love with the chain.  I, meanwhile, am in awe of it.

Hello?  GOPs?  Your favorite wedge issue is coming back.  —  Shouldn't Republicans be making more of a fuss about the provision in the stimulus bill—both House and Senate versions, apparently—that spends $2-3 billion to the states for “temporary welfare payments”?

Obama Campaign Manager To Make Surprise Visit To Azerbaijan  —  BAKU — David Plouffe, who served as campaign manager for Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, is due to visit Azerbaijan on February 8.  —  Plouffe is scheduled to speak at Baku's Gerb (Western) …