Where Dr. King Stood, Tea Party Claims His Mantle  —  WASHINGTON — It seems the ultimate thumb in the eye: that Glenn Beck would summon the Tea Party faithful to a rally on the anniversary of the March on Washington, and address them from the very place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his …

Statement From NRA-PVF Chairman Chris W. Cox On The 2010 Nevada U.S. Senate Race  —  In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as well as thousands of state legislative races.

AK-Sen: Stay Classy, Joe Miller!  —  Joe Miller tweets: … UPDATE: I see that Joe Miller quickly pulled the plug on that tweet.  But don't worry, James Hell has the screenshot!  —  LATER UPDATE: The Murkowski campaign is furious:

The Death of Conservatism Was Greatly Exaggerated  —  In 2008 liberals proclaimed the collapse of Reaganism.  Two years later the idea of limited government is back in vogue.  —  Last August left little doubt that a conservative revival was underway.  Constituents packed town-hall meetings across …

Obama: ‘The war is ending,’ fulfilling campaign pledge  —  President Obama vowed Saturday that all U.S. troops will return home from Iraq by the end of next year, completing his 2008 campaign promise to end the war.  —  The military has already pulled out roughly 90,000 troops since early last year.

Crist says he ‘misspoke’ on healthcare  —  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (I) is walking back comments he made in an interview earlier today about the recently enacted healthcare law.  —  Crist is mounting an independent bid for Senate against Republican Marco Rubio and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek.

EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue  —  EPA rejects attempt to regulate lead in bullets after NRA protests  —  In a swift and unexpected decision, the Environmental Protection Agency today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells …

Outrage: Pentagon Grants Five States Waivers from MOVE Act  —  Protecting the rights of active duty military to have their vote counted is apparently not a priority for this administration.  —  In Washington, politicians always like to release bad news on a Friday, as fewer people notice.

Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing  —  (Reuters) - The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to consider approving the public subsidy.

With Paterson, the Simple Facts Can Get Complicated  —  A thoroughly honest politician has pretty much always been considered an undiscovered species.  But for Gov. David A. Paterson, the distinction between the truth and an untruth can get unusually murky.

Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters  —  Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates …

Nobody Could Have Predicted  —  One point I haven't seen made about the troubles of the US economy is that the timing of recent growth tells you a lot about what was — and what wasn't — wrong with economic policy.  —  After all, we had more or less a consensus view about when the stimulus would kick in …

Financier's Largess Shows G.O.P.'s Wall St. Support  —  At a black-tie dinner in April, a politically influential hedge fund manager named Paul Singer offered a blistering critique of the “terrible path” he said Washington politicians were charting on economic issues.

Mao's Last Dancer  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  It's truly surreal to watch the movie based on my autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer, unfolding on the silver screen.  Considering what kind of life I came from, how could anyone even dare to dream of such a journey?