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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: Dennis the Peasant, American Power, The Greenroom, MyDD, Outside The Beltway, Althouse, Liberal Values and Jezebel

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, Scared Monkeys, American Power and PoliBlog

Fox News:

Transcript: Sarah Palin Interviewed by FoxNews.com — The following is a transcript of an interview with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin by FoxNews.com's Judd Berger at the National Tea Party Convention on Feb. 6. in Nashville.

Discussion: CBS News, Politics Daily, Conservatives4Palin.com and Founding Bloggers

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

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

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller and The Swamp

Denny McAuliffe / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin watch: She looks trim, fit — and brimming with energy and plans

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

Kleinheider / Post Politics:
Beginning Of The End: Sarah Palin Hijacks The Tea Party Movement

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, POWIP, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Globe and Mail, The Fix, American Power and The Political Carnival

Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: Fox News Sunday Interview With Sarah Palin

Discussion: Guardian and The Nation

Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Palin Responds to ‘Run, Sarah, Run’

Discussion: The Talking Dog and Runnin' Scared

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

Discussion: ABCNEWS and Hullabaloo

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

Discussion: Coop's Corner, Althouse and Scared Monkeys

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

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Palin Assails Obama at Tea Party Meeting

Discussion: The Note, ABCNEWS, CNN, The Politico, Atlas Shrugs, NO QUARTER, PoliBlog, Mother Jones, The Caucus, Gothamist, Washington Monthly, Connecting.the.Dots, Brendan Nyhan, Prairie Weather, MyDD, The Washington Independent, Washington Post and The Swamp

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

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

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

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 and The Political Carnival

CNN:

5 dead in power plant explosion — Middletown, Connecticut (CNN) — Five people were killed and at least 12 were injured in a gas explosion Sunday at an under-construction power plant in central Connecticut, local officials said. — Residents up to 20 miles away reported hearing the blast …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Raw Story

WFSB-TV:
Explosion At Plant Kills 2, Injures 250

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:

Obama invites GOP to health-care summit — President Obama made a dramatic attempt to jump-start the stalled health care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to a half-day summit on the subject to be televised live later this month. — The president made the offer in an interview …

Discussion: CBS News, New York Times, Politics Daily, The Political Carnival and The Corner on National …

The Politico:
W.H. plans televised health meeting

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard

New York Times:
The Truth About the Deficit — When the White House released …

Discussion: EconLog and Beat the Press

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Bond: White House should apologize for intel leak, not me

Discussion: SENATUS

Joe Weisenthal / The Business Insider:

SOURCE: The NYT's Big David Paterson Bombshell Will Break Monday, Governor's Resignation To Follow — This past week, a rumor emerged that the New York Times is working on a huge bombshell with plans to “Spitzerize” New York governor David Paterson. — Several media outlets have reported on these rumors.

Discussion: Gothamist, The washington times Blogs, Mediaite and New York Magazine

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., Towleroad News #gay, American Power 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: Nashville Scene, Matthew Yglesias, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gothamist, Ben Smith's Blog and Hotline On Call

Jonny Paul / Jerusalem Post:

Benny Morris talk stirs uproar at Cambridge — University's Israel Society called off talk “for fear of being portrayed as a mouthpiece of Islamophobia.” — Talkbacks (24) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Israel Matzav

Walter Russell Mead / Walter Russell Mead's Blog:

The Great IPCC Meltdown Continues — It's not just the threat of Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035. — Now another headline grabbing IPCC scare story is melting away. A report in Sunday's London Times highlights new humiliations for the IPCC. … There is however one teensy-weensy little problem.