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3:20 PM ET, March 16, 2013

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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Accuses Obama Of Living A Life Of Excess  —  In one of her first major addresses since winning a close re-election bid in November, the Tea Party favorite conceded during her address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday that Obama and his family …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Bachmann attacks Obamas over ‘life of excess’ during address at CPAC  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) criticized the Obamas for living a “life of excess” in her speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, questioning the first family's amenities in the face of budget cuts.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Crooks and Liars:
Fox's ‘Disappointed’ WH Tourist Is Really A Republican Activist
Discussion: Fox News and NewsHounds blog
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Scott Walker opens up about White House ambitions  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker acknowledged in an interview Friday that he's open to a presidential bid and pointedly declined to pledge to serve a full four-year term if he's reelected next year.  —  Walker insisted he was visiting Iowa …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Coveted CPAC straw poll offers a blurry snapshot of future presidential field  —  Potential 2016 GOP presidential contenders will get an early indication Saturday of where they stand when results from Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll — traditionally a snapshot of support for White House aspirants — are released.
Discussion: Politico
ThinkProgress:
VIDEO: CPAC Attendees Blast GOP Senator Who Announced Support For Marriage Equality  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Sen. Rob Portman's (R-OH) decision to support marriage equality was not warmly received at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi caught in a bind on entitlement cuts  —  President Obama's openness to Social Security cuts as part of a sweeping budget package has put Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a tough spot.  —  The minority leader is straddling the gulf between a Democratic president who's been willing …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Digby / Hullabaloo:   Did you know that the Chained-CPI is actually a middle clalss tax hike
Los Angeles Times:
CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes  —  The strategy is part of the agency's secret contingency planning to protect the U.S. and its allies as the violence there grows.  Some militants in Syria are seen as closely linked to Al Qaeda.
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Obama doubles down on alternative energy  —  President Barack Obama is doubling down on the administration's plan to reinvest federal oil-and-gas drilling revenues into next-generation alternative energy technology, unveiled during his State of the Union address last November.
Discussion: CNN and americanthinker.com
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Try And Fail To Catch Conservatives Cheering Ashley Judd's On-Screen Death  —  CPAC crowd unmoved by the big moment, video shows.  No gotcha here.  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats hoped to catch attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference cheering the on-screen death …
Discussion: Althouse
Max Boot / Commentary Magazine:
Academic Ghettoization of Conservatism?  —  I am all for universities hiring more conservative professors and Steven Hayward, author of a two-volume history of the “Age of Reagan,” should be considered a worthy candidate by any hiring committee.  Yet I am dubious about the job he has just taken …
Washington Post:
A lengthy weather report again affirms global warming  —  SCIENTISTS HAVE a good sense of what the Earth's climate has been like over the past handful of centuries.  But what about many thousands of years back?  —  In a recent article in the journal Science, researchers at Oregon State University …
 
 
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David Taylor / BBC:
The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's ‘treason’
Jim Newell / Guardian:
CPAC 2013: Sarah Palin delivers rallying call to Republican crowd - live
Discussion: Wonkette, NBCNews.com and TBogg
New York Times:
U.S. Is Bolstering Missile Defense to Deter North Korea
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Gingrich calls for GOP to stand for principles, implement new ideas
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
Apostrophe ban on Devon council's new street names
Discussion: normblog and FP Passport
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Ryan: Democrats' budget puts US on path ‘straight into debt crisis’
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Jeb Bush: GOP can't be ‘anti-everything’
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Want to debate Medicare costs? You need to see this chart first.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Anti-Choice Olympics  —  Ever since the 2010 elections …
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CPAC Event On Racial Tolerance Turns To Chaos As ‘Disenfranchised’ Whites Arrive
 

 
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