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8:30 PM ET, March 16, 2013

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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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Washington Times:
Rand Paul wins The Washington Times-CPAC 2013 Straw Poll  —  Marco Rubio takes second place  —  Sen. Rand Paul won the 2013 Washington Times-CPAC presidential preference straw poll Saturday, and Sen. Marco Rubio was a close second, easily outdistancing the rest of the field and signaling …
Rand Paul / CNN:
Just in: Rand Paul wins 2013 CPAC presidential straw poll  —  (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday.  Paul won with 25% of the vote and finished slightly ahead of Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.
Discussion: Politico
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Rand Paul edges Rubio to win CPAC straw poll
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Reuters
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Coveted CPAC straw poll offers a blurry snapshot of future presidential field
Discussion: Politico
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
Discussion: CNN, Politico and The Reaction
Crooks and Liars:
Fox's ‘Disappointed’ WH Tourist Is Really A Republican Activist
Discussion: Fox News and NewsHounds blog
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Pamela Gellar: CPAC's Muslim Board Member Is ‘Worse Than Al-Awlaki’  —  Another year, another attack on Suhail Khan  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A prominent conservative activist Saturday accused of Muslim conservative of waging a “stealth Jihad” against the movement, warning his position …
Jim Newell / Guardian:
CPAC 2013: Sarah Palin delivers rallying call to Republican crowd - live  —  On the final day of the annual conservative jamboree, the speakers include Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter  —  Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008, is speaking at CPAC.  —  Sort by:
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Sarah Palin fires up conservative grassroots in speech at CPAC
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Dread That Is Ted  —  It is possible that the high point of this week in Washington came when Senator Dianne Feinstein told Senator Ted Cruz to stop treating her as if she were in middle school.  —  Let me set the stage.  First, pretend you're Feinstein.  You started your political career in San Francisco.
Jillian Rayfield / Salon:
CPAC panel on racism goes awry  —  [UPDATED] The panel was intended to teach Tea Partyers how to fight back against charges that they are racist  —  A panel hosted by the Tea Party Patriots, intended to teach CPAC attendees how to fight back against charges that they are racist …
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Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Facing Bailout Tax, Cypriots Try to Get Cash Out of Banks  —  ATHENS — In a move that could set off new fears of contagion across the euro zone, anxious depositors lined up at cash machines on Saturday in Cyprus to withdraw money hours after European officials in Brussels required that part …
Discussion: Via Meadia and Eschaton
Paul Krugman:
The Very Confident Jean-Claude Trichet  —  I'm somewhat belatedly getting to Jean-Claude Trichet's op-ed in the Times; now that I have, I find myself puzzled.  What, exactly, was his purpose in writing this?  For that matter, what, exactly, did it say?  I live and breathe this stuff …
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.
David Taylor / BBC:
The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's ‘treason’  —  Declassified tapes of President Lyndon Johnson's telephone calls provide a fresh insight into his world.  Among the revelations - he planned to fly into the 1968 Democratic Convention and win the presidential nomination.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Carson: Obama Trying to ‘Destroy the Country’  —  Dr. Benjamin Carson, the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital who garnered national headlines for his pointed remarks at last month's National Prayer Breakfast, says that President Obama and his political allies are trying to “destroy the country.”
 
 
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Ben Ehrenreich / New York Times:
Protesters fleeing from tear gas launched by the Israel Defense Forces.
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Jerusalem Post:
US asks Turkey for help with ME peace process
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Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
Facebook Brings Down The Hammer Again: Cuts Off MessageMe's Access To Its Social Graph
Discussion: The Verge and Mashable!
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi caught in a bind on entitlement cuts
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Gingrich calls for GOP to stand for principles, implement new ideas
Discussion: Politico
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Max Boot / Commentary Magazine:
Academic Ghettoization of Conservatism?
Washington Post:
A lengthy weather report again affirms global warming
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’
Discussion: CNN, Sky Dancing, CANNONFIRE and TaxVox
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Obama doubles down on alternative energy in his weekly address
Discussion: CNN and americanthinker.com
 

 
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New York Times:
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