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• Upside to a gov't shutdown? WH doesn’t think so (Politico)
• Conservatives now see attacking Michelle Obama as fair game (Politico)
• State budget crisis looms over governors meeting (AP)
• The Fast Fix: Obama’s pump problem (The Newsroom)
• U.S. to impose sanctions on Libya, cuts ties (Reuters)
• GOP House freshmen draw mixed response at home (AP)
• Lawmaker condemns question about shooting Obama (AP)
• Obama praised for Boeing tanker win (Politico)
• House GOP-ers: We're responsible (Politico)
• US closes embassy in Libya, prepares sanctions (AP)
• New unsafe products database under fire on Hill (AP)
• IAEA says gets info on possible Iran military work (Reuters)
• White House names first male social secretary (AP)
• Why Isn't the GOP Learning From Chris Christie? (The Atlantic Wire)
• Gingrich says Allen West would be considered as his running mate (Daily Caller)
• Angry rallier screams about ‘uneducated’ Tea Party [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Conservative African American: Debate me, Sharpton and you libs! (Daily Caller)
• Sarah Palin's India trip: Proof she's not running? (The Week)

Upside to a gov't shutdown? WH doesn’t think so (Politico) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 01:34 AM PST Politico - Some Democrats think a federal government shutdown would be a major political boon to their party, akin to the decisive Clinton-Gingrich war of 1995 — but President Barack Obama isn't one of them.White House officials are deeply concerned that even a short interruption in government services, while no economic knockout blow, might slow a recovery that has just recently gained momentum.

Conservatives now see attacking Michelle Obama as fair game (Politico) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:43 PM PST Politico - Except for an ill-advised trip to an expensive Spanish resort last summer, Michelle Obama has escaped much of the criticism that has been directed at her husband, keeping a relatively low-profile while primarily focusing on childhood obesity, military families and the arts.

State budget crisis looms over governors meeting (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:23 PM PST AP - Confronting crushing budget woes, many of the nation's governors are calling for painful spending cuts. But beyond that, their approaches are diverging drastically, from union-cramping proposals in Wisconsin and other states to higher taxes in Illinois and elsewhere.

The Fast Fix: Obama’s pump problem (The Newsroom) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:42 AM PST The Newsroom - Will rising gas prices hurt Obama politically? Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. Follow The Fix on Twitter @thefix or @thehyperfix.

U.S. to impose sanctions on Libya, cuts ties (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:12 PM PST Reuters - The United States announced on Friday it was imposing sanctions on Libya and bluntly said the legitimacy of its longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi had been "reduced to zero."

GOP House freshmen draw mixed response at home (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:12 PM PST AP - Newly elected Republican Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, like dozens of other freshman members, was sent to Congress on a promise to slash government spending. And slash it she did, voting last weekend to cut $61 billion from the current federal budget and to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform plan.

Lawmaker condemns question about shooting Obama (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:17 PM PST AP - A Georgia Republican said Friday he didn't immediately condemn a constituent who asked about assassinating President Barack Obama because he was stunned by the question and didn't want to dignify it with a response.

Obama praised for Boeing tanker win (Politico) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:35 PM PST Politico - Michalski credits Obama with the $35 billion contract.

House GOP-ers: We're responsible (Politico) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 08:40 AM PST Politico - If the government shuts down, House Republicans don't want to be left holding the bag.

US closes embassy in Libya, prepares sanctions (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST AP - The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Friday and readied stiff financial and other penalties against Moammar Gadhafi and his loyalists, ending days of cautious condemnation by all but calling for the unpredictable leader's immediate ouster.

New unsafe products database under fire on Hill (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:16 PM PST AP - It's something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal database of people's safety complaints about thousands of products, from baby gear to household appliances and more.

IAEA says gets info on possible Iran military work (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:45 PM PST Reuters - The U.N. atomic watchdog has received new information regarding allegations that Iran may be seeking to develop a nuclear-armed missile, the agency said in a report voicing deepening concern about the issue.

White House names first male social secretary (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:57 PM PST AP - The Obama White House broke decades of tradition Friday, naming the first man to ever serve as social secretary in the female-dominated East Wing.

Why Isn't the GOP Learning From Chris Christie? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - Daunted by the bitter budget battle in Wisconsin, GOP leaders in "several states" are softening their positions on public employee unions, reports the Associated Press. In Indiana, Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) implored GOP legislators to abandon a "right to work" bill. In Ohio, GOP senate leaders have watered down a bill prohibiting collective bargaining rights for public employees. Michigan's and Florida's GOP governors have agreed to take a "conciliatory approach" to union groups. The question that should come to mind for Republican strategists is why now? Whether one considers the fight against public unions an example of malicious Republican scapegoating or genuine budgetary problem-solving is beside the point. Politically, there's a strong argument to make that union-bashing has never been a more popular issue. In his cover story in The New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai makes precisely that argument in his assessment of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's recent successes: Not only are public employees' contracts no longer untouchable for any politician who wants to stay in office, but it turns out that the opposite is true; taking the fight to the unions is a good way to bolster your credentials as a gutsy reformer with voters who have been losing faith for years in public schools and government bureaucracies. This, more than anything else, is the lesson that Chris Christie has impressed on his contemporaries.

Gingrich says Allen West would be considered as his running mate (Daily Caller) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 01:13 PM PST Daily Caller - Florida Republican Rep. Allen West may be the Republican candidate for vice president in 2012.

Angry rallier screams about ‘uneducated’ Tea Party [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 11:47 AM PST Daily Caller - A livid public union supporter rants during a Feb. 22 anti-Scott Walker rally, shrieking about the Tea Party and in favor of unions, which he says the country is based upon.

Conservative African American: Debate me, Sharpton and you libs! (Daily Caller) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:42 AM PST Daily Caller - Conservative Mychal Massie, chairman of the black leadership network Project 21, is calling on liberal African American leaders to back up their charges of racism against the Tea Party.

Sarah Palin's India trip: Proof she's not running? (The Week) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:03 AM PST The Week - The former Alaska governor has opted to speak at a New Delhi conference next month. What does this say about her presidential aspirations?

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