Limbaugh calls on conservatives to take back nation  —  (CNN) — Rush Limbaugh brought a cheering crowd to its feet several times Saturday in Washington as he called on fellow conservatives to take back the country in the keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Rick Santelli's Planted Rant ?  —  I was interviewed by several journalists last week about Rick Santelli's Rant — my exact quote was it had a “Faux” feel to it.  (I haven't seen it in print yet)  —  What was so odd about this was that Santelli is usually on the ball; we usually agree more often than we disagree.

Homespun broadcaster Paul Harvey dies  —  (CNN) — Paul Harvey, the legendary radio host whose career sharing “the rest of the story” with listeners spanned more than 70 years, has died, according to ABC Radio Networks.  —  He was 90.  —  Harvey died at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona …

The Ecstasy and the Agony  —  BARACK OBAMA must savor the moment while he can.  It may never get better than this.  —  As he stood before Congress on Tuesday night, the new president was armed with new job approval percentages in the 60s.  After his speech, the numbers hit the stratosphere …

Spock at the Bridge  —  Wow.  What a phone call that must have been.  —  “Hey, 43, it's 44.  How's retirement?  You're biking around the new neighborhood?  Buying a nightlight for the bathroom?  Can't be too careful.  I hear you're working your way through a book Dick Cheney gave you on your Kindle.

Obama, Reaching Outside the Bubble  —  Each morning when he arrives at the Oval Office, President Obama asks his staff to deliver him a package containing 10 letters.  It is a mere sampling of the 40,000 or so that Americans send to the White House every day — a barrage of advice from students and teachers …

Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly  —  A NEW bank rescue plan may be more crucial right now than the fiscal stimulus package enacted last month.  Yet we don't seem capable of finding a clear path toward cleaning up our major financial institutions.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Accepts Nomination to HHS Secretary  —  Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius this afternoon accepted President Obama's request to become his Health and Human Services secretary, stepping into a central role in the new administration's ambitious effort to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Clinton to Visit Middle East Amid Calls for Radically New Peace Strategy  —  Analysts Urge Radical New Approach To Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process  —  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week will make her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, attending a high-level conference …

Forced From Executive Pay to Hourly Wage  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Mark Cooper started his work day on a recent morning cleaning the door handles of an office building with a rag, vigorously shaking out a rug at a back entrance and pushing a dust mop down a long hallway.

Propping Up a House of Cards  —  Next week, perhaps as early as Monday, the American International Group is going to report the largest quarterly loss in history.  Rumors suggest it will be around $60 billion, which will affirm, yet again, A.I.G.'s sorry status as the most crippled of all the nation's wounded financial institutions.

Iran wants apology from Hollywood team … The art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged a visiting Hollywood delegation to apologise for “insults and slanders” about Iranians in films, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.  —  “(Iranian) cinema officials will only have the right …

Romney wins conservative straw poll  —  (CNN) — One day after delivering a forceful campaign-style speech to the conference of conservative activists, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won his third straight CPAC Straw Poll on Saturday, earning 20 percent of the vote on a ballot …