Palin unleashes GOP Id on worshipful CPAC crowd.
Santorum tells George Stephanopoulos that Romney is getting "desperate."
Pop star, model, and actress Whitney Houston has died at age 48, the AP reports.
The latest poll from PPP shows Rick Santorum opening a commanding 15 point nationwide lead over Mitt Romney.
You may remember Kris Kobach, arch-anti-immigration hawk, Kansas Secretary of State and author of Arizona's anti-immigration law. He's surprisingly close to the Romney campaign. Not only was he an advisor to Romney's campaign in 2008. Romney touted his endorsement this year and then sorta campaigned with him a few weeks later in South Carolina. For Romney, it's a classic case of drawing Kobach close enough to power him through the primaries while not getting so close that he'll totally poison relations with Hispanic voters in the Fall.
So the Romney campaign hasn't wanted to talk much about Kobach of late. But the same doesn't apply for Kobach about Romney. We caught up with him at CPAC. And Kobach told TPM he's been "much more involved" in Romney's campaign this year than he was back in 2008.
Defending religious liberty at CPAC.
How do bettors think Obama's doing? Check it out.
Who says America's influence is waning?
Sen. Dick Lugar's spokesman probably didn't offer the most helpful response to questions about his boss's legal residence.
Why Antonin Scalia's judgment on ritualistic peyote use has birth control rule supporters smiling.
At the big annual conservative bash, base GOPers express frustration and dejection over lame primary field.
From my pal Nell Scovell: "Instead of Firing Up The Base, Romney Mistakenly Fires The Base."
You can actually work with it. Maybe: "After failing to fire up the base, a frustrated Romney decides to fire the base."
Mix and match. I think it's got potential.
Who hasn't heard the one about an Oregon state Senator who runs a paramilitary training camp getting sued by his partners for allegedly funneling cash to GOP candidates.
I was talking to some reporters last night and the topic turned to the 2008 Democratic primary race and how important the actual convention and delegate rules became as the battle lasted into the summer. As we know, it never came to that. By the time the convention rolled around all the players had accepted that Barack Obama had won the nomination. But we may be getting to a similar point with the 2012 GOP race.
Read More →I saw the news this evening from PPP that their first night in the field with a new national poll has Rick Santorum as the new nationwide leader. So the Romney argument that Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado were just outliers or lightly-attended caucuses (plausible arguments in themselves) just won't cut it.
But of course this isn't about Rick Santorum who is clearly a 2nd or 3rd tier candidate, it's showing the depth of Romney's weakness as a candidate -- both as a candidate in this particular political moment and simply as a candidate for office in general. It even occurred to me that 'Santorum' doesn't mean all the those ucky things you see on Google. It's actually Republican for "F' it. I just don't like Mitt Romney."
I feel like Champollion deciphering hieroglyphics.
Want to catch up on today's CPAC events but fear for your sanity/ immortal soul? Have no fear, TPM's Michael Lester has boiled the day down into 100 mind-blowing seconds.
A Mississippi lawmaker wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico. You'll never guess to what...
A conservative pundit at CPAC fits Rachel Maddow and contraception into the most outrageous line of the day (so far).
Top dating tips from CPAC.
The iconic Rick Santorum sweater vest in cardboard cutout form -- and other pics from CPAC.
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