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8:55 PM ET, February 12, 2011

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John Hayward / Human Events:
CPAC Straw Poll Results  —  Attendees vote on the presidential candidates.  —  The results of the CPAC straw poll of presidential candidates are in, and the winner is Ron Paul, with 30% of the vote.  Mitt Romney was the runner-up with 23%, and all other candidates tied with about 6% each.
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Fox News:
Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC — Again  —  For the second year in a row, Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, earning 30 percent of the vote.  —  The Texas congressman, known for his libertarian views …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Rep. Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll  —  Washington (CNN) - The results of the Washington Times CPAC straw poll of presidential candidates are in, and the winner is Texas Rep. Ron Paul, with 30 percent of the vote.  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the runner-up with 23 percent.
Discussion: Reuters and Ben Smith's Blog
David Weigel / Slate:
Father and son Ron and Rand Paul wow the crowd at CPAC.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and TPMDC
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Bolton: Obama administration ‘plain wrong’ on Egypt  —  Washington (CNN) - Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton condemned President Obama as “weak” and “indecisive” on foreign affairs while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday.
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Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Former Ambassador John Bolton warns Obama on Egypt  —  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, laid into President Obama's approach to the ongoing crisis in Egypt Saturday more forcefully than any other speaker at CPAC so far.  —  It what has been a common comparison …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
King: Obama needs to put his foot down on Muslim Brotherhood
Discussion: CNN
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
When Democracy Weakens  —  As the throngs celebrated in Cairo, I couldn't help wondering about what is happening to democracy here in the United States.  I think it's on the ropes.  We're in serious danger of becoming a democracy in name only.  —  While millions of ordinary Americans …
Reuters:
Mubarak slammed U.S. in phone call with Israeli MK before resignation  —  Radical Islam will be result of U.S. push for democracy, Mubarak told Israel's Ben-Eliezer during a phone call on Thursday.  —  Hosni Mubarak had harsh words for the United States and what he described as its misguided quest …
Nabila Ramdani / Telegraph:
Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts  —  Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations.  —  Plastic bullets and tear gas were used …
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama assertion: FBI can get phone records without oversight  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process or court oversight, according to a document obtained by McClatchy.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Raw Story and Vox Popoli
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
White House to Iran: Allow opposition demonstrations there  —  The White House said Saturday that, off the heels of 18 days of Egyptian protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, Iran should allow its people to demonstrate.  —  Tehran had praised Egyptians for rising …
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New York Post:
Outbreak at Playboy Mansion  —  Can the Playboy Mansion make you ill?  Hugh Hefner's iconic bachelor pad is under investigation after more than 80 guests at a conference and party there became sick with a suspected strain of Legionnaires' disease.  —  Scores of attendees at the Domainfest conference …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Coulter: Nominate Christie, because Romney will lose  —  Conservative pundit Ann Coulter warned activists Saturday that if the party nominates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2012, President Obama will win reelection.  —  Asked in a Q&A session after a bombastic speech at CPAC …
Discussion: CNN
Glenn Davis / Mediaite:
Bill Maher Says He Doesn't Think Obama Is A Christian  —  When someone says they don't think President Barack Obama is actually a Christian, the expectation would be that they think he's secretly a Muslim.  Not Bill Maher.  On tonight's Real Time, in the process of arguing that Obama's …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Allen West closes CPAC promising ‘new dawn in America’  —  Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) gave a speech to close this year's Conservative Political Action Conference that earned a more enthusiastic reaction from conservative activists than those given by most rumored 2012 presidential hopefuls over the past three days.
Discussion: CNN
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Dems look to Giffords for Senate seat  —  The race for Arizona's open Senate seat has quickly focused in on one question: What will Gabrielle Giffords do?  —  The Democratic congresswoman, who survived an assassination attempt in Tucson last month, is still undergoing rehabilitation in Houston for a gunshot wound to the head.
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David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
Early, Long Whip Race Will Test GOP Cohesion
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Palin Adds Glassner as Top Political Adviser  —  As Sarah Palin decides in the coming weeks or months whether to run for president, she will rely on the counsel of a newly hired chief of staff with a long history in Republican campaigns, who is coming aboard to bring order to her sprawling political operation.
Discussion: Cubachi and CNN
Stephen Largen / Spartanburg Herald-Journal:
Sen. Lee Bright: SC should coin own money  —  Continuing a pattern of attempts to assert South Carolina's independence from the federal government, State Sen. Lee Bright, R-Roebuck, has introduced legislation that backs the creation of a new state currency that could protect the financial stability …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Military Offers Assurances to Egypt and Neighbors  —  CAIRO — As a new era dawned in Egypt on Saturday, the army leadership sought to reassure Egyptians and the world that it would shepherd a transition to civilian rule and honor international commitments like its peace treaty with Israel.
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
From Pentagon, a Buy Rating on Contractors
Discussion: The Huffington Post
BBC:
Deadly Taliban attack on Kandahar strikes police HQ
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Ricochet.com:
What the Turkish Military is Thinking
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Mudville Gazette
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Friday Nerdblogging: Do Androids Dream of Human Marriage?
Discussion: Yglesias
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Chris Matthews on Egypt and Mubarak: ‘It Took Obama to Have This Happen’
Discussion: Hot Air, Right Wing News and USA Today
New York Times:
Security Forces Halt Protest in Algeria
J.P. Freire / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  Rick Perry: Amazon decision wasn't the right one
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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
APD won't hinder citizens who videotape cops
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Republican lawmaker rips Joe Kennedy as Chavez ‘accomplice’
Discussion: CNN
The Note:
Haley Barbour's Big Tent: Mississippi Governor Offers Praise …
Discussion: CNN
JSOnline:
Ad won't trigger additional funds for court candidates
Discussion: Don Surber
Tom Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Thune: I've avoided Iowa to tamp rumors
Voice of America:
Pakistan Issues Arrest Warrant for Musharraf
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Mark Steyn: ‘The guy in charge of U.S. intelligence is an idiot’
 

 
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