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• Republicans promise $100 billion in spending cuts (AP)
• Obama: US backs orderly transition in Egypt (AP)
• Trump dangles potential 2012 bid before CPAC (AP)
• Growing pains: GOP stumbles (Politico)
• NY Rep. Lee resigns after shirtless photo surfaces (AP)
• Sen. Webb retirement puts pressure on Kaine in Virginia (The Ticket)
• Ben Nelson ‘leaning toward’ running for re-election (The Ticket)
• CPAC to Trump: You're hired! (Politico)
• The hype machine (Politico)
• GOP invites business to vent about regulations (AP)
• Obama to offer solutions for housing finance (AP)
• Court: German man had 7 children with stepdaughter (AP)
• Obama housing paper includes government insurance fund (Reuters)
• AMERICA AGAINST THE PEOPLE (Ted Rall)
• Senate Dem Leaders: GOP is ‘blindly swinging a meat ax to the budget’ (Daily Caller)
• CBO: Obamacare will cost an estimated 800,000 jobs (Daily Caller)
• Tea Party Republicans Voting Against the Patriot Act? Shouldn't They Be? (ContributorNetwork)
• Sharron Angle admits she’s not running for president (The Ticket)

Republicans promise $100 billion in spending cuts (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:06 PM PST AP - Confronted with a rebellion of tea party-backed conservatives insistent on deeper spending cuts, House Republicans are promising to cut more than $60 billion from the budget as they draft legislation funding the government through Sept. 30.

Obama: US backs orderly transition in Egypt (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama called for an "orderly and genuine" transition to democracy in Egypt on Thursday, but Hosni Mubarak stopped short of meeting protesters' demands that he step down at once. He did say he was transferring some powers to his vice president.

Trump dangles potential 2012 bid before CPAC (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:55 PM PST AP - Just how wide open is the Republican presidential field? Vast enough that Donald Trump may want you to hire him.

Growing pains: GOP stumbles (Politico) Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:17 AM PST Politico - It usually takes a lot longer for the party in charge to start with the finger-pointing, the failed votes and the backpedaling on campaign promises.

NY Rep. Lee resigns after shirtless photo surfaces (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:08 AM PST AP - Rep. Christopher Lee of western New York abruptly resigned with only a vague explanation of regret after a gossip website reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless photo of himself flexing his muscles to a woman whose Craigslist ad he answered.

Sen. Webb retirement puts pressure on Kaine in Virginia (The Ticket) Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST The Ticket - Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb's retirement announcement Wednesday immediately puts pressure on former Gov. Tim Kaine to fill Webb's place. Though it was uncertain whether Webb would run for re-election, Democrats were hopeful they would have an incumbent in the 2012 race, which was already expected to be a tough slog for Webb and the [...]

Ben Nelson ‘leaning toward’ running for re-election (The Ticket) Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:43 PM PST The Ticket - Jim Webb won't run for re-election, but it increasingly looks like Ben Nelson will. After months of speculation about whether he might retire, the Democratic senator from Nebraska has retained a campaign manager, according to Omaha's KETV, and a spokesman for the lawmaker says he's "leaning toward running" for re-election in 2012. (Photo of Nelson: [...]

CPAC to Trump: You're hired! (Politico) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST Politico - Donald Trump addressing the CPAC crowd on Thursday afternoon. | AP Photo

The hype machine (Politico) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:44 AM PST Politico - A volunteer from the gay Republican group GOProud is passing out leaflets urging CPAC attendees to write in.... Donald Trump on the straw poll.

GOP invites business to vent about regulations (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:18 PM PST AP - From large manufacturers to a small electric company, businesses complained Thursday about costly government rules at a forum provided by Republicans who are eager to slash federal regulations. Democrats protested that GOP lawmakers only wanted to hear about the burdens of regulation, not the benefits to public health and worker safety.

Obama to offer solutions for housing finance (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:36 PM PST AP - Homebuyers face potentially higher interest rates under any of three Obama administration options for reducing government support of the mortgage market.

Court: German man had 7 children with stepdaughter (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:53 AM PST AP - A 48-year-old German suspected of fathering at least seven children with his stepdaughter goes on trial next week over allegations he abused both her and his daughter for more than 20 years and forced them into prostitution, an official said Thursday.

Obama housing paper includes government insurance fund (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:42 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's housing revamp options to be unveiled on Friday include creating an insurance fund for mortgage-backed securities that is similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, sources familiar with the document told Reuters.

AMERICA AGAINST THE PEOPLE (Ted Rall) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:40 PM PST Ted Rall - Why Is Obama Coddling Egyptian Dictator?

Senate Dem Leaders: GOP is ‘blindly swinging a meat ax to the budget’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:36 PM PST Daily Caller - Senate Democrat leaders warned against government shutdown again Thursday, and said there is no way they would accept the Republican proposal of cutting $100 billion from President Obama's 2011 budget request.

CBO: Obamacare will cost an estimated 800,000 jobs (Daily Caller) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST Daily Caller - Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirmed Thursday during a House Budget Committee hearing that President Barack Obama's health care law will likely cost 800,000 jobs, the Weekly Standard reported.

Tea Party Republicans Voting Against the Patriot Act? Shouldn't They Be? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:57 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Patriot Act, or the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, has a few provisions up for renewal.

Sharron Angle admits she’s not running for president (The Ticket) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST The Ticket - Visiting Iowa last month, former Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle stunned most of the political world by declining to rule out a future presidential bid. But in a positively awkward interview with Politico's Jonathan Martin today at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Angle admits she's not really interested in a White House [...]

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