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3:25 PM ET, February 7, 2010

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EXCLUSIVE (Update): Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes — Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words “Energy”, “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” are clearly visible.

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Palin's Cheat-Sheet — I was too busy tapping away at my laptop to notice this little high-school trick. Having mocked president Obama for using a TelePrompter - not long after he made mincemeat of Republicans with no such TelePrompter at their retreat - she had to scribble down her priorities …

Discussion: Jezebel

Kate Zernike / New York Times:

Palin Assails Obama at Tea Party Meeting — NASHVILLE - As Sarah Palin left the stage at the inaugural National Tea Party Convention here Saturday night, the crowd erupted into chants of “Run Sarah Run!” — “I think you like her!” said Judson Phillips, the chief organizer of the convention …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, The Politico, NO QUARTER, Gothamist, Mother Jones, PoliBlog, Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather, Brendan Nyhan, The Caucus, MyDD and The Swamp

Denny McAuliffe / Washington Post:

Sarah Palin watch: She looks trim, fit — and brimming with energy and plans — It had been a while since we had seen Sarah Palin live and in person. And then she popped onto stage Saturday night at the National Tea Party convention in Nashville, and we made these observations:

Discussion: Nashville Scene, JOSHUAPUNDIT, American Power, Newsweek Blogs, Althouse and Israpundit

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Of Course She's Running For President, Ctd — She now confirms it on Fox, the only channel on which she will now appear. Remember the last campaign? The MSM was shut out as far as humanly possible - and they colluded in the McCain strategy. Some, like the Washington Post's Howie Kurtz …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Judson Berger / Fox News:

Palin ‘Would Be Willing’ to Take On Obama in 2012 — Sarah Palin has President Obama in her sights, telling FoxNews.com she “would be willing” to challenge him in the 2012 presidential race.

Discussion: Think Progress, Jezebel and American Power

The Huffington Post:

Palin Considering 2012 Run, Defends Limbaugh's Use Of ‘Retard’ On Fox News Sunday — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin didn't cage her answer when pressed Sunday morning as to whether she would consider a run for president in 2012.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Jesus' General

Kleinheider / Post Politics:

Beginning Of The End: Sarah Palin Hijacks The Tea Party Movement — The tea party movement is dead. The one I was familiar with anyway. Judson Phillips held it down and Sarah Palin drove a stake right through its heart live last night on C-Span in front of an unsuspecting audience.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Globe and Mail, The Hill, The Strata-Sphere, The Political Carnival and American Power

Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand?

Discussion: The Hill, Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Mediaite, The Confluence, News Hounds and AMERICAblog News

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
SOME PICS FROM SARAH PALIN'S SPEECH. I had some idle time backstage, and my Lumix.

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Palin, TEA Party, won't ‘sit down, shut up’

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Atlas Shrugs

Mike Allen / The Politico:
Dulles snow set 140-yr record …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller

Robert Costa / The Corner on National Review Online:
Palin's Ready for ‘Another Revolution’ — By: Robert Costa

Discussion: Althouse and Scared Monkeys

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press: Sarah Palin assails Obama at ‘tea party’ gathering

Michelle Krupa / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Mitch Landrieu wins New Orleans mayor's race

Discussion: New York Times and Swing State Project

Washington Post:
With speech before tea party activists, Palin once again steps on political stage

Discussion: The Fix, The Politico, The Caucus and The Washington Independent

Mary C. Curtis / Politics Daily: Scenes from the Tea Party: A Reporter's Notebook in Nashville

Hartford Courant:

Witness To Middletown Explosion: ‘There Are Bodies Everywhere’ — (RICHARD MESSINA / HARTFORD COURANT / February 7, 2010) — MIDDLETOWN - Witnesses and authorities said as many as 100 people may have been injured and two killed when a massive explosion, which homeowners more than 10 miles away mistook …

Discussion: Riehl World View, The Jawa Report, Scared Monkeys and The Political Carnival

WFSB-TV:

Explosion At Plant Kills 2, Injures 250 — Residents In Neighboring Towns Feel Houses Shake — Middletown, Conn. — Police in Middletown said there was an explosion with mass casualties just before 11:30 a.m. at the Kleen Energy plant on River Road. — Sources said at least 250 people …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Mike Allen / Politico Live's Blog:

Brennan briefed GOP on Christmas — White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan revealed Sunday that he briefed four Republican congressional leaders on Christmas night about the arrest and subsequent handling of the suspect in an attempted sky bombing.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air and The Page

CNN: Obama aide says Republicans playing politics with terrorism

San Francisco Chronicle:

Judge being gay a nonissue during Prop. 8 trial — The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay.

Discussion: The Corner on National …, Joe. My. God., American Power, Towleroad News #gay and AMERICAblog Gay

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

A Scrubbed Toe in the Race — Between bites of an egg-white garden omelet at a bistro in his Union Square neighborhood, Harold Ford Jr. defended himself on pedicures and flip-flops. — “I either run or try to play basketball every day,” he said. “I have severe athlete's foot — feet.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Ben Smith's Blog and Hotline On Call

Richard Kerbaj / Times of London:

Amnesty International is ‘damaged’ by Taliban link — An official at the human rights charity deplores its work with a ‘jihadist’ — A SENIOR official at Amnesty International has accused the charity of putting the human rights of Al-Qaeda terror suspects above those of their victims.

Discussion: normblog, YID With LID, Jules Crittenden, JammieWearingFool and Harry's Place