Marco Rubio will not attend CPAC

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will not be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington next week, reports More… Alex Leary:

Sec. Clinton interview in March 2009 marginalizes human rights, says Mubaraks are ‘friends of the family’

During a March 2009 visit to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave an interview to al-Arabiya television. Clinton deemphasized the annual human rights report that criticized Egypt’s human rights record and talked up her friendship with the Mubaraks:

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Bachmann budget cuts propose reducing veterans benefits

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) proposed this week $400 billion in “real and necessary More…” budget cuts in federal spending to avoid raising the budget ceiling from $14.3 trillion. The cuts include capping increases in Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care spending and reducing Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) payments

CBO: Economy likely to stay below potential for years

The Congressional Budget Office released its Budget and Economic Outlook for fiscal years through 2021, estimating that unemployment will likely remain high until 2016 with modest job growth.
The CBO expects that the unemployment rate will fall to 9.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, 8.2 percent in the fourth More…

Huckabee still strong with Iowa evangelical voters

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee still has a strong lead with evangelical Republican voters in Iowa that helped give him a surprise 2008 win in the Iowa Caucuses over Mitt Romney, according to a poll conducted by Neighborhood Research:

With Baptists, Huckabee leads Romney 39-16 with 10 for Palin and More…

Allen West: Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison represents the ‘antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established’

U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) appeared recently on the South Florida-based program The Shalom Show and said U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim representative in Congress, represents the “antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established.”  More …