memeorandum: Virginia's Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End (Trip Gabriel/New York Times)

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Sperling Admits Obama Misled in Debate: The President Did Propose the Sequester — White House economic adviser Gene Sperling admits that, yes, in fact, the sequestration was President Obama's plan: — “We put forth the design of” the sequestration, Sperling finally admits after a long back-and-forth.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Sperling: I 'can't explain' Woodward's reaction — White House economic adviser Gene Sperling said Sunday he “can't explain” why Bob Woodward reacted strongly to an apparently innocuous e-mail exchange. — “I can't explain that entirely, but I'll say the following: I think he's a legend …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Ashley Killough / CNN:

Sperling on Woodward: 'I think he's a legend' — (CNN) - Gene Sperling, a senior economic aide to the president, said he hopes he and veteran journalist Bob Woodward can look past their recent dustup, which made national headlines and divided the inside-the-Beltway crowd over the interpretation of one word: “regret.”

Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Why the ‘threat’ on Bob Woodward matters

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Stinque, Hot Air, Roger Ailes and Althouse

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:

Mitt Romney: ‘It kills me’ not to be president — Four months after he lost to President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney says “it kills me” not to be in the White House finding solutions to the nation's problems. — In his first television interview since the election, the former Massachusetts governor …

Ann Romney: GOP never approached me about Kerry's seat — Ann Romney denied rumors Sunday that the Republican Party had approached her about running for Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat. — “No, they didn't approach me,” Romney said. “I think there was a thought, 'Oh …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Politico

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

McConnell slams liberal super-PAC for tweet about wife's ethnicity — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Saturday blasted a liberal super-PAC for a tweet targeting his wife's ethnicity. — “They will not get away with attacking my wife in this campaign,” …

Discussion: CNN and Post Politics

McConnell: GOP standing firm against using ‘taxes to turn off the sequester’ — The Senate's top Republican said his party is still open to reconfiguring billions in automatic spending cuts but without raising taxes. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday …

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DISARMS GUNMAN...GETS SUSPENDED? … A Florida high school student wrestled a loaded gun away from another teen on the bus ride home this week and was slapped with a suspension in return. — The 16-year-old Cypress Lake High student in Fort Myers, Fla. told WFTX-TV there was …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com, Clayton Cramer's Blog and GUN WATCH

Garrett Quinn / Mediaite:

Dennis Rodman 'Won't Apologize' For ‘My Friend’ Kim Jong Un's Murderous Regime: ‘We Do The Same Thing Here’ — Former NBA start Dennis Rodman stood by his controversial trip to North Korea and remarks about its dictator Kim Jong-Un on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Weekly Standard

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

This is why Obama can't make a deal with Republicans — File this under “Jonathan Chait is right.” — My column this weekend is about the almost comically poor lines of communication between the White House and the Hill. The opening anecdote was drawn from a background briefing I attended …

Discussion: Paul Krugman, Balloon Juice, New York Magazine and Prairie Weather

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Virginia's Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End — ARLINGTON, Va. — To listen to the human side of sequestration, wait in line here for the 595 bus to Reston, Va., a journey across a suburbia grown fat and happy on a federal spending boom in the past decade, primarily military.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Washington Post:

Stymied by a GOP House, Obama looks ahead to 2014 to cement his legacy — Video: President Barack Obama warned Friday that the pain of the sequester “will be real.” He called the steep budget cuts “dumb” and “arbitrary” in a news conference following a meeting with Congressional leaders …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather

Abdul Haq Omari / Afghanistan News-TOLOnews.com:

Pakistan Ulema Permits Suicide Attacks — The Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council on Friday said that suicide attacks in Afghanistan are permitted as long as US forces are present in the country. — “Palestine is occupied by Israel, Kashmir by India, and Afghanistan by the US.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Discussion: americanthinker.com

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:

“CPAC Turns Away Pamela Geller” — I won't be at CPAC this year. Every year AFDI organizes a must-see event, addressing issues that the Grover Norquist/Suhail Khan cabal refuse to address (jihad, sharia, the war on freedom in the West). — This year, I applied to speak and was ignored.

Discussion: Riehl World News, American Power and The Other McCain

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Joe. My. God.