memeorandum: Ninety percent of Republicans want Tea Party to play a role (Lbentzterp/CNN)

10:15 AM ET, January 31, 2011

Top Items:

It's never been about Palestine — The anti-Mubarak revolution won't only topple an authoritarian regime. It will also topple 40-plus years of wrong-headed thinking about the causes of Middle East instability among the world's foreign-policy cognoscenti. — In that view, the horrible …

Discussion: Betsy's Page, FrumForum and Commentary

Journalist / Accuracy.Org:

An Open Letter to President Barack Obama — Dear President Obama: — As political scientists, historians, and researchers in related fields who have studied the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, we the undersigned believe you have a chance to move beyond rhetoric to support the democratic movement sweeping over Egypt.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Mondoweiss, Raw Story, naked capitalism, Babylon & Beyond and Arabist.net

Laura Rozen / The Politico:

Former officials, scholars warned of coming instability in Egypt — Earlier today, I was on a panel discussing coverage of the Egypt unrest, and someone mentioned that no one had seen it coming. — But that is not the case. Several foreign policy scholars and former officials have been urging …

Discussion: POMED, Israel Matzav and Mondoweiss

Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mubarak

Discussion: Guardian, CNN, Wonk Room, New York Times, Israel Matzav and The Daily Beast

Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Devil We Know — As the world ponders the fate of Egypt …

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Washington Post, American Power and Mondoweiss

BBC:
Egypt protests enter seventh day

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Politics Daily, Middle East, New York Times and FrumForum

ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Crisis in Egypt

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Doug Ross

The Politico:

Barack Obama braces for Jon Huntsman 2012 bid — The White House expects Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China, to resign his post this spring to explore a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, top Democrats said. — GOP allies of Huntsman have already begun laying plans …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, GOP 12, Hot Air, Stateline.org, Hotline On Call and Althouse

Jake Tapper / Political Punch:

WH Expects Huntsman to Resign, Explore 2012 Bid — White House officials tell ABC News that the Obama administration expects the US Ambassador to China, former GOP Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, to step down from his post in the coming months to explore a possible 2012 run for president.

Discussion: Oliver Willis and The Daily Caller

Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
White House quietly prepares for a post-Mubarak era in Egypt

Discussion: Online NewsHour, Sky Dancing, CBS News and New York Times

Ben Geman / The Hill:
White House official cites ‘education problem’ on climate

Discussion: The Foundry, YID With LID and Weasel Zippers

David Dayen / Firedoglake:

Thousands Converge on Koch Brothers Billionaire's Caucus; 25 Arrested — Twenty-five protesters were arrested in Rancho Mirage, California today, at a protest in front of the Rancho Las Palmas resort, site of the “Billionaire's Caucus,” an annual meeting put on by the Koch Brothers …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Don Surber, Guardian, Crooks and Liars, The Nation, Sky Dancing, Wonkette and The Other McCain

Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:

The Kochs vs. Soros: Free markets vs. state coercion — Palm Springs, California -At the front gates of the Rancho Las Palmas resort, a few hundred liberals rallied Sunday against “corporate greed” and polluters. They chanted for the arrest of billionaires Charles and David Koch …

Discussion: msnbc.com and NewsBusters.org blogs

New York Times: Protesters Take On Conservative Retreat

Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:

DCCC picks 19 early GOP House targets — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has pegged its first GOP targets of the 2012 cycle, launching radio and web ads in the districts of 19 House Republicans this week. — Democrats need to pick up 25 House seats to win back the majority in 2012.

Discussion: theblogprof and JammieWearingFool

The Fix:
DCCC targets 19 with first media offensive

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Des Moines Register, The Highland County Press and Naked Politics

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Americans Believe GOP Should Consider Tea Party Ideas — Half of Republicans are Tea Party supporters; 5% are “opponents” — PRINCETON, NJ — About 7 in 10 national adults, including 88% of Republicans, say it is important that Republican leaders in Congress take the Tea Party movement's positions …

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, Politics Daily, The Daily Caller and New York Times

Lbentzterp / CNN:
Ninety percent of Republicans want Tea Party to play a role

Discussion: The Reaction, The Political Carnival and Obsidian Wings

Aljazeera:

Al Jazeera camera equipment seized — Camera equipment remains seized after release of six Al Jazeera journalist who were briefly detained in Cairo. — Six Al Jazeera English journalists, who were briefly detained in Egypt, have been released, however; their camera equipment remains confiscated by the military.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Guardian, Examiner, Boing Boing and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »

The Huffington Post:
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S.

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Wonkette, AMERICAblog News, Al Jazeera Blogs, The Jawa Report, Crooks and Liars, Boing Boing and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

Aljazeera:

‘Mega protest’ planned in Egypt — Opposition movement calls for one “million people demonstration” on Tuesday in a bid to topple president Hosni Mubarak. — Egyptian protesters have called for a massive demonstration on Tuesday in a bid to force out president Hosni Mubarak from power.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Informed Comment, Guardian, Daily Kos, AOL News, AMERICAblog News, Politics Daily, New York Times and EA WorldView

Scott Lucas / EA WorldView:
Egypt (and Beyond) LiveBlog: So What is an “Orderly Transition”?

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, The Daily Dish, The Lede and Firedoglake

Alan Colmes' Liberaland:

Threat Of Muslim Brotherhood Running Egypt As An Anti-American Muslim State Is A Myth — Mohamed ElBaradei, a leading voice of Egypt's opposition, told Fareed Zakaria on CNN that the American conservative fear put forth by people like John Bolton and Thaddeus McCotter that the Muslim Brotherhood …

Discussion: American Power, Mercury Rising, ThinkProgress, The Other McCain, Big Peace and Right Turn

Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Shaken as Turbulence Rocks an Ally

Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner and The Daily Beast

Haaretz:
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood eyes unity gov't without Mubarak

Discussion: NewsReal Blog, Don Surber, Pajamas Media, YID With LID, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Weasel Zippers, Reuters, Little Green Footballs and Big Peace

USA Today:

Obama adviser turns sights to 2012 campaign — WASHINGTON — President Obama's re-election campaign will be launched this spring so it can begin building on advances in social media to target voters and start raising even more money than the record-breaking sums of 2008, senior adviser David Axelrod says.

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Monthly, The Page and Taegan Goddard's …

New York Times:

Losses at Afghan Bank Could Be $900 Million — KABUL, Afghanistan — Fraud and mismanagement at Afghanistan's largest bank have resulted in potential losses of as much as $900 million — three times previous estimates — heightening concerns that the bank could collapse and trigger …

Discussion: Swampland and FrumForum

Dexter Filkins / News Desk:
Letter from Kabul: The Great Afghan Bank Heist

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:

Recent decisions amount to a dressing down for 9th Circuit — Sometimes the Supreme Court simply decides cases and sometimes it seems to have something bigger in mind. In the past two weeks, it has been in scold mode, and its target has been the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Wall Street Journal:

Syria Strongman: Time for ‘Reform’ — DAMASCUS—Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who inherited a regime that has held power for four decades, said he will push for more political reforms in his country, in a sign of how Egypt's violent revolt is forcing leaders across the region to rethink their approaches.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Nick Baumann / ABCNEWS:

House Republicans Plan to Redefine Rape — Drugged, Raped, and Pregnant? Too bad — Republicans are Pushing to Limit Rape and Incest Cases Eligible for Government Abortion Funding — Rape is only really rape if it involves force, according to the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh