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.

When attack ads attack attack ads.

The FBI releases the file it had on Steve Jobs.

Why Planned Parenthood knew it had to hit back hard when Komen pulled its funding.

It’s the first day of CPAC and already its organizers are trying to work out how to avoid having their straw poll overrun by Ron Paul supporters. Meanwhile, you can follow TPM’s live coverage of the forum via our livewire.

Pro-choice Republicans flip out over their leadership’s latest stunt.

Today Mitt Romney is arguing that there were attacks from Rick Santorum this week that he didn’t get a chance to rebut — thus in some way explaining his three defeats on Tuesday night. But I see a different pattern. It’s not unusual for also-rans to opportunistically pick up a caucus here and there, even when there’s a more or less anointed frontrunner. And it’s true Romney didn’t campaign or spend aggressively in those states. But the frontrunner, already prepping for the incumbent, shouldn’t need to go full court press just to stave off resounding defeats at the hands of a palpably second or third tier opponent. It looks more like Mitt Romney — at least in this cycle — is a sort of electoral Bubble Boy, unable to exist in the natural political environment without a protective layer of massive SuperPAC spending.

Look at the story in Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and Tuesday’s contests. Each tells the same story.

Beware the marshmallow launcher at the White House science fair.