Top Items:
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Palin, Visible and Vocal, Is Positioned for Variety of Roles — WASHINGTON — Without leaving home, Sarah Palin will be able to reach much of her political base, courtesy of a soon-to-be-built television studio in her living room paid for by her newest media patron, Fox News.
RELATED:
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Palin and McConnell wage proxy battle in Kentucky Senate race — The Senate Republican primary in Kentucky has emerged as a proxy battle between two leaders of the factionalized Republican Party, Sarah Palin and Mitch McConnell. — At stake, potentially, is the direction of the Republican Party …
Discussion:
Riehl World View
Washington Post:
The Tea Party is still taking shape — NASHVILLE — The 600 delegates at the National Tea Party Convention feel taxed to death, ignored by their elected representatives and the media, and appalled at the federal government's spending — and there are millions of Americans just like them.
Discussion:
First Draft, Boston Globe, The Moderate Voice, Prairie Weather, Nashville Scene, GOP 12 and CNN
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
New Texas gov poll shows Tea Party candidate Debra Medina …
New Texas gov poll shows Tea Party candidate Debra Medina …
Discussion:
Hot Air
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama: 'She insisted she's going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt' — Yes, those are the words of the president, last night at the Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Washington. After listing his administration's accomplishments and vowing that “our most urgent task is job creation …
RELATED:
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Eulogy To The Unknown Campaign Volunteer; Obama Misstates Facts — Obama is getting a bit of a bum rap for eulogizing a campaign volunteer (Melanie Shouse, per this, or this) who Obama claims, incorrectly, died without health insurance but insisted on being buried in an Obama t-shirt.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
EMPTY CHAIRS.... Democrats were pretty aggressive yesterday in going after Sen. Richard Shelby (R), after the right-wing Alabama lawmaker put a blanket hold on 70 administration nominees. For Shelby, he'll consider letting the Senate vote on the officials, just as soon as he gets some defense earmarks for his state.
Discussion:
The Reality-Based Community
WBBM-TV:
Source: Cohen Considering Dropping Out — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Joins Call For Lt. Gov. Nominee To Step Aside — CHICAGO (CBS) ― Under increasing pressure to step down, Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen is reportedly considering stepping aside.
RELATED:
NY Daily News:
Gigi Jordan feeds son, 8, fatal dose of pills, leaves strange 2-page note in botched murder-suicide — A multimillionaire mom fed her 8-year-old son a fatal dose of pills, then spent the night with his body inside a ritzy midtown hotel before a failed suicide try, police said.
BBC:
Climate scepticism ‘on the rise’ — The number of British people who are sceptical about climate change is rising, a poll for BBC News suggests. — The Populus poll of 1,001 adults found 25% did not think global warming was happening, a rise of 8% since a similar poll was conducted in November.
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis. — In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Saving Money vs Spending Less Money — When talking about the household budget, I think it's commonplace to draw a distinction between a claim like “you could save money by bringing Diet Coke from the store into the office rather than using the soda machine” and a claim like …
Discussion:
TalkLeft
Gail Collins / New York Times:
No Holds Barred — Washington was immobilized by snow on Friday. This is highly unusual. Normally, Washington is immobilized by senators. — This time storm warnings came just as the Senate had hit a point of uncommon productivity. In a single week, it managed to not only confirm two U.S. marshals …
Discussion:
The Impolitic
Floyd Norris / New York Times:
Seeking a Safer Way to Securitization — Can the world be made safe for the return of securitizations? — That is a question of great importance to those like John C. Dugan, the comptroller of the currency, who say they believe that the banking system on its own is unlikely to have the ability …
Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’ — RNC Chairman Michael Steele and former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN) held a joint appearance Thursday night at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. When the debate turned to President Obama's plan …
John Cook / Gawker:
'I'm Not Saying Your Mother's a Whore': How Fox News Censored Jon Stewart's Showdown with Bill O'Reilly — Fox News has generously placed the full, unedited conversation between Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart online, so we can see precisely how unfairly and deviously Fox edited the interview in order to weaken Stewart's case: A lot!