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Franken called it: Limbaugh is GOP’s ‘national precinct chairman’

By Chris Steller | 03.03.09 | 4:51 pm

rush-limbaugh-idiotThe morning after Rush Limbaugh repeated his “I hope Obama fails” during the keynote to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told TV’s “sabbath gasbags” (Calvin Trillin’s term) that…

Video: Gov. Pawlenty speaks of government by God, for God

By Andy Birkey | 03.02.09 | 10:43 pm

Tim Pawlenty (Wikipedia)Gov. Tim Pawlenty spoke of his faith at the CPAC conference on Saturday, stating that God is the foundation for the government. Pawlenty, an evangelical Christian

T-Paw at CPAC: Coleman/Franken could end up in the Supreme Court

By David Weigel | 03.02.09 | 4:11 pm

Gov. Tim PawlentyAt the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, Victory Solutions Oasis and Rebuild the Party held a post-dinner party with a special guest, Gov. Tim Pawlenty.…

M-Bach’s rap hit? ‘You be da man’ remixed

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.02.09 | 1:59 pm

It was bound to happen: After Rep. Michele Bachmann’s CPAC shout out to “da man,” RNC chair Michael Steele, generated guffaws on weekend TV, City Pages’ Kevin Hoffman finds a hip hop remix of the utterance.

Michele Bachmann is da man!

By Andy Birkey | 03.02.09 | 8:56 am

cpac3Rep. Michele Bachmann, no stranger to the national spotlight, found herself a topic of conversation among the talking heads this weekend. Her comments to RNC chair Michael Steele at the CPAC…

Bachmann at CPAC: ‘Michael Steele, you be da man!’

By Chris Steller | 02.27.09 | 11:35 am

mb-ms“Michael Steele, you be da man! You be da man!” That’s how U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann praised the new chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) at last night’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), blending street lingo into her…

CPAC emcee Bachmann slams stimulus plan as ‘representation with taxation’

By Chris Steller | 02.26.09 | 7:48 pm

cpac4Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is serving as emcee at tonight’s opening session of the Conservative Political Action Conference. Watch it in live streaming video after the jump.
One early highlight: After recognizing Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Bachmann took…

CPAC will have Palin on TV, Pawlenty in person, Bachmann as emcee

By Chris Steller | 02.11.09 | 12:35 pm

palin-bachmann-pawlentyAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin will appear at this month’s Conservative Political Action Conference only via TV hookup, while the man she aced out for the 2008 GOP vice presidential nomination may still take the stage: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty…