Herman Cain wins Tea Party presidential live straw poll at Phoenix summit  —  Phoenix (CNN) - Which Republican should become the next president?  Herman Cain, according to a number of Tea Party activists gathered at a weekend summit in Phoenix.  —  Cain, a conservative talk show host …

Live Updates: Police to Clear Protestors from Wisconsin Capitol Building  —  I'm collecting live coverage of events as police prepare to clear out the Wisconsin Capitol Building in Madison, WI on the 14th day of protests against Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting bill.

Roger Ailes to be Indicted  —  Last week, the NY Times broke the story that Roger Ailes had urged various colleagues to lie to Federal investigators; (David Corn explains the background to this here).  —  NYT: … Here's what I learned recently: Someone I spoke with claimed that Ailes …

The Only Chart You Need To See To Understand Why The US Is Screwed  —  We're still working our way through Kleiner Perkins' partner Mary Meeker's excellent analysis of the financial condition of the United States.  —  We'll be breaking out some key sections in the next few days.

Judicial Watch Obtains Previously Redacted Material from the FBI File of the Late Senator Ted Kennedy  —  While in Santiago, Kennedy “made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night”; Sought meetings with “communists and others who had left-wing views”

Regulation Lax as Gas Wells' Tainted Water Hits Rivers  —  The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century's gold rush — for natural gas.  —  The gas has always been there, of course …

Arabs Embrace Israeli's YouTube Spoof of Qaddafi  —  JERUSALEM — A satirical YouTube clip mocking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's megalomania is fast becoming a popular token of the Libya uprising across Middle East.  And in an added affront to Colonel Qaddafi, it was created by an Israeli living in Tel Aviv.

Exclusive: Amanpour Interviews Gadhafi's Son  —  Saif Gadhafi Says Libya Is Not America's ‘Business’  —  In an exclusive interview with “This Week” host Christiane Amanpour, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and one of his chief advisers, insisted Libya was calm …

Experts say Gov. Christie is making all the right moves for a place on national stage  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie doesn't travel light when he rolls in for one of his town hall meetings.  —  A staff of three or four arrives in a box truck packed with gear: risers for the crowd …

Walker's Over-Reach, Ctd  —  Dick Morris's latest poll shows Wisonsin voters where the Dish is - in favor of Walker's specific requests of public sector unions, but unwilling to remove most collective bargaining rights.  By slipping this collective bargaining provision into the bill …

AFL-CIO chief blesses Obama's handling of Wisconsin labor battle  —  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka gave his blessing Sunday to President Obama's handling of the labor standoff in Wisconsin.  —  Amid some criticism on the left that Obama could do more to boost unions in their demonstrations …

Libya's Gaddafi clings to Tripoli  —  With much of the oil-producing regions in opposition hands, Gaddafi's power base shrinks to the capital's periphery.  —  As more cities fall into the hands of the pro-democracy protesters, Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is hanging on to the capital …

More than 70,000 protesters participate in rally at Capitol  —  For a second straight Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets around the state Capitol — braving temperatures in the mid-teens — for the largest day yet in their continuing struggle to stop Gov. Scott Walker's plan …

Why Wouldn't the Tea Party Shut It Down?  —  NO one remembers anything in America, especially in Washington, so the history of the Great Government Shutdown of 1995 is being rewritten with impunity by Republicans flirting with a Great Government Shutdown of 2011.