CPAC: White kids on dope  —  Ah, to be an anthropologist at CPAC, where the kids was smokin' th' political crack.  From the WaPo: … Verily, that's the way to bring the party back: blame the media.  I talked to a conservative the other day who assured me that Obama's success is entirely …

Culture of conspiracy: The Birthers  —  Bill Clinton had the Vince Foster “murder.”  George W. Bush had 9/11 Truth.  And the new administration has brought with it a new culture of conspiracy: The Birthers.  —  Out of the gaze of the mainstream and even the conservative media …

U.S. Is Said to Offer $30 Billion More to Help A.I.G.  —  The federal government agreed Sunday night to provide an additional $30 billion in taxpayer money to the American International Group and loosen the terms of its huge loan to the insurer, which is preparing to report a $62 billion loss on Monday …

VOTERS SKEPTICAL OF DEMS' LEFTWARD LURCH  —  Inside the Beltway and the media bubble, Barack Obama is still the man of the hour.  On CNN, his speeches are even compared to sex.  (Someone needs to have a talk with that commentator.  I don't think he's doing it right.)

Obama may use 50-vote tactic on energy, healthcare  —  President Obama's budget director said the White House would consider using a Senate procedural tactic so that only 50 votes would be rquired to pass major healthcare and energy reforms.  —  Peter Orszag, the director of the Office …

Limbaugh, Tea Party Protests show Obama's Star Trek shield has big cracks  —  Two extraordinarily important political developments took place this week right under the noses of the Obama-worshippers in the Mainstream Media and, as so often happens with the real news, most of them barely knew about it, if at all.

Buildings sprang up as donations rained down on Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion  —  The man who is President Obama's newly minted urban czar pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers' money, a Daily News probe found.

Bobby Jindal: The GOP's Rising Star?  —  Morley Safer Profiles Louisiana's Gov., Who Some Think May Run For The White House One Day  —  Page 1 of 4  —  (CBS) If you watched the Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress last Tuesday, you saw a rather awkward young man taking …

Exclusive: Dean Talks About Not Getting HHS And Post-DNC Plans  —  Having been bypassed for a cabinet post after leaving the DNC, former Gov. Howard Dean has chosen to pursue a multi-faceted career in health care advocacy, progressive political strategy, speeches, education and energy, and even election monitoring.

Red Eye Reams Olbermann, Garafalo for Racist Comments!  —  Great thanks to MikeC for the tip, and to Andy Levy for his dryly devastating final comments.  It all happened on Friday night's Red Eye and we have the video for your viewing pleasure:

Mullen: Iran has fissile materials for bomb  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military official said Sunday that Iran has sufficient fissile material for a nuclear weapon, declaring it would be a “very, very bad outcome” should Tehran move forward with a bomb.

2 NFL players among boaters missing in Florida  —  CLEARWATER, Florida (CNN) — Two NFL players were among four boaters missing Sunday off Florida's Gulf Coast, an agent for one of the players said.  —  Ron Del Duca, agent for Corey Smith, told CNN that Smith and Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper …

Twitter takes Washington by storm  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The halls of the US Congress are alive with the sounds of Twitter.  Members of the Senate and House of Representatives — or their aides — are tapping out dozens of the micro messages a day on cellphones and computers from offices …

For Obama Pick, 2nd Chance for Progress on Health  —  TOPEKA, Kan. — In Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is known as a Democrat who can deal with Republicans, a necessity in a state where the opposition party dominates both houses of the Legislature.  —  But on matters of health policy …

Thoughts on the “New Media” (Updated)  —  Thoughts on the “New Media” - compiled by Small Wars Journal  —  Last weekend I sent out the following “RFI” to a number of bloggers I know: … What follows are the replies I received through yesterday.  Some stuck to the one-two requested paragraphs, some sent more.

Under Weight of Its Mistakes, Newspaper Industry Staggers  —  Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recalls getting “a feeling in the pit of my stomach” when he learned that the Rocky Mountain News was shutting down.  —  “Even when they were uncovering corruption in the city …