Evan McMorris-Santoro shot this NumbersUSA flyer at CPAC today. For the true anti-immigration diehards, the best that the current crop of GOP presidential hopefuls do on the issue is a C+: Read More

Donald Trump went into the Ron Paul lion’s den at CPAC and declared that Paul cannot win the presidency. A somewhat obvious statement, but one that unleashed boos from the Paul-friendly crowd. Watch.

This could be a case of the essence getting lost in the translation, but Mubark’s speech right now to the Egyptian people is coming off as the kind of long, rambling, unself-aware self justification that authoritarians lapse into.

For most of the speech it didn’t sound like Mubarak was going anywhere — then several minutes into it he announced he was delegating the powers of the presidency to Vice President Omar Suleiman. Whether he delegates all the powers or some of them — or core or ancillary powers — remains uncertain.

Not exactly clear where that leaves things, but it appears that Mubarak will serve out his term as head of state while Suleiman conducts the day to day business of the state. Read More

They say history always repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. But sometimes it’s all at the same time. With tragedy unfolding in one place (Egypt), and farce unfolding in another (CPAC). Watch the video of Donald Trump bringing his boffo Donald show to CPAC this afternoon. What could go wrong?

Egypt’s ambassador to the United States, Sameh Shoukry, was on CNN just now and emphasized that Mubarak transferred all of his powers as president to Vice President Omar Suleiman: “The de jure head of state is Hosni Mubarak, the de facto head of state is Omar Suileman.”

Asked by Wolf Blitzer if it was fair to say Mubarak now has no power, Shoukry replied: “That is certainly an interpretation you can make.”

The White House has been in tough spot all day on the developments in Egypt, trying to let events run their course without conceding that events are largely beyond U.S. control. But the President will be releasing a written statement shortly.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump tells me Ron Paul can’t be elected president.

GOP leaders say they’ve reached agreement with their members on spending cuts.

Obama tells Mubarak: Please explain the changes you’re making.

The TPM reporting team at CPAC reports making first contact with former RNC Chief Michael Steele. Continuing updates in our TPM CPAC Wire. The encounter seems to have taken place at roughly 10 PM at the GOProud event.