(WaPo)- Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2012.   Good riddance, he didn’t stand a chance. Watch him become a lobbyist lickety split…  (full story)

Another frilliant consideration from author Ann Barnhardt (aka IamDagny) we find her thinking morsels very tasty and we like her muchly….
Bill Kristol is supposed to be one of the best and brightest conservative pundits. This is NOT AN ENCOURAGING STATEMENT. Seriously. Not that I’m shocked. He has a piece in this week’s Weekly Standard that is enough to make a person beat their head on their desk over and over and over again.  Click here to read it. Ugh.
Kristol’s premise is that the U.S. should be foursquare behind any “democratic revolution”. Just, just, just . . . well just BECAUSE. My God, the stupidity and inability to THINK beyond a first order logical progression here is terrifying. And these are the people who are shaping and directing the conversation? These are the “respected minds” in the Beltway? How is this possible? (more…)

(AP) CAIRO – Vice President Omar Suleiman warned Tuesday that “we can’t put up with” continued protests in Tahrir for a long time, saying the crisis must be ended as soon as possible in a sharply worded sign of increasing regime impatience with 16 days of mass demonstrations.  (more…)

BINGO !!  Give that guy a fish….. The Blaze via WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Republican said Tuesday the primary goal of U.S. policy in Egypt should be to “stop the spread of radical Islam,” an objective that has been little mentioned by Obama administration officials in recent weeks. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., also said at a news conference he hopes the street protests taking place in Cairo and elsewhere will lead to a democratic society that “stands for human rights, progress and equal opportunity.”  (more…)

Fire up the coffee pots……  Things are about to get interesting on Capitol Hill.  The Debt Ceiling is looming fast, budgets are being considered, an attempt at defunding Obamacare is right around the corner.  In Egypt, Obama & PantSuits are back on the side of Mubarak (again, maybe, well, today).  Perhaps they finally took a close look at the options vis-a-vi Vice President Omar Suleiman (err, secret police anyone?), & the Muslim Brotherhood (“Global Islamic Conquest“) .  What’s on your mind today?

The Party of Death (Politico)- The Senate’s fiercest abortion rights supporters vowed to block two measures Republicans are pushing in the House from passage in the upper chamber. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) told reporters “I do think we’ll have 41” votes necessary to block legislation backed by some members of House GOP leadership that would further restrict federal funds for abortions. Boxer was referring to a procedural maneuver that would require 60 votes to get a bill to the floor. (more…)

*Update*  “O’Reilly Factor” producer Jesse Watters confronted Planned Parenthood Vice President for Communications Stuart Schear in New York City Tuesday morning and asked him about the footage. Mr. Schear immediately claims the video is doctored/edited, then admits he has not seen it. Watch a short clip here and tune into “The O’Reilly Factor” tonight at 8 p.m. ET for the full report.  
By Lila Rose (Big Government) Our actors, posing as a pimp and his prostitute, walked into the Bronx, NY Planned Parenthood clinic. They were quick to tell staff there that they managed an underage sex ring of girls as young as 14. The staffer is unfazed and offers to go one better: “We see people as young as 13,” reassuring the human traffickers, “everything is totally confidential.”  (more…)

(The Hill) — Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) chided Tea Party activists in his state, telling them to “get real” about their opposition to the New START treaty. Lugar, who voted for the treaty’s confirmation late last year, dismissed the Tea Party’s criticism of his vote, as Lugar heads into a primary where he’s expected to face a challenge from the conservative, activist movement. “I’ve got to say ‘Get real,’” Lugar told an Indiana CBS affiliate. “I hear Tea Party or other people talking about they were against START. I said ‘Well, now, hang on here.’”  (more…)

Official Statement:  NEW YORK – February 8, 2011 – Keith Olbermann, the acclaimed broadcaster and writer whose verbal pyrotechnics and moral passion have outraged, informed, and dazzled viewers of “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” for the past eight years, is bringing his slashing wit, analytical eye, and distinctive commentary to Current Media, the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning TV and digital media company that was founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt and is now distributed in more than 75 million households around the world. (full story)

On the situation in Egypt:   “Remember, President Reagan lived that mantra trust but verify. We want to be able to trust those who are screaming for democracy there in Egypt, that it is a true sincere desire for freedoms. And the challenge that we have though, is how do we verify what it is that we are being told, what it is that the American public is being fed via media, via the protestors, via the government there in Egypt in order for us to really have some sound information to make wise decisions on what our position is. Trust but verify, and try to understand is what I would hope our leaders are engaged in right now. Who’s going to fill the void?   (more…)