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Romney Tops Palin in 2012 Straw Poll

ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has chosen former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the winner of the first Republican straw poll of the 2012 campaign. With 20 percent of the vote, Romney finished ahead...

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February 28, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (646)

Pawlenty's Pitch: Faith and Family

ABC News' David Chalian Reports: When Repoublican Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota took to the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Saturday morning, he acknowledged that he was not well known -- even among the activists...

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February 28, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (25)

Gingrich Rips Obama Budget's 'Energy Tax';
OMB Says Higher Costs Offset by Tax Credit

ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich received a raucous reception when he entered the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Gingrich entered to the sounds of "Eye of the...

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OMB Says Higher Costs Offset by Tax Credit"

February 27, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (248)

Politics Live: Obama's Iraq Agenda

With President Obama's economic plan now made public, the commander in chief has moved to the next item on his agenda -- the war in Iraq. The president announced Friday that U.S. combat operations in Iraq will end on Aug....

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February 27, 2009 in Politics Live | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Cruising to Re-Election, L.A. Mayor Eyes Guv Run

ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is cruising to re-election on Tuesday but he is not making any promises about serving a full-four year term at City Hall. "I'm not going to make a promise I...

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February 27, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Conservatives Warn of 'Socialism' at Conference

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: It’s not easy to miss the buzzword of this year’s Conservative Political Action Committee meeting. Conservatives are jumping on congressional spending and President Obama’s new budget to slam the president for fostering what they argue...

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February 27, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (92)

The Note, 2/27/09: Iraq Roll: Might a war strategy help Obama get back on bipartisan track?

By RICK KLEIN What’s easier to spend -- a few trillion dollars, or one election’s worth of political capital? What’s easier to tax -- families making more than $250,000, or the patience of the American people? Who should we really...

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February 27, 2009 in The Note | Permalink | User Comments (24)

The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, February 27, 2009

The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ PETER MARTINEZ, KRISTEN RED-HORSE, JAYCE HENDERSON, JUSTIN GRANT...

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February 27, 2009 in The Note Must-Reads | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Kos to Dems: Toe Populist Line -- or Else

ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Markos Moulitsas, publisher of the liberal DailyKos blog, helped launch a political action committee on Thursday called Accountability Now which will target congressional Democrats who become "more responsive to corporate America than to their constituents."...

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February 26, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (15)

Huckabee Rips Bush, McCain and Chris Matthews

ABC News' Tahman Bradley reports: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., spoke to conservative activists at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference, in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2009. Ferdous Al-Faruque/ ABC News Before an audience of conservatives on Thursday, former Arkansas...

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February 26, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (78)