Rahm Emanuel told Bob Schieffer that Rush Limbaugh has become the voice of the Republican party. “He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican party. He has been up front about what he views and hasn’t stepped back from that which is he hopes for…

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Karl Rove criticized President Obama’s proposed budget this morning on ABC’s This Week. “He’s now going to add more debt in the first 20 months and 11 days than was incurred in 2 wars, 9/11 and the previous administration,” argued Rove. Not intimidated by Rove, Katrina vanden Heuvel shot back,…

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Rep. Eric Cantor told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that the Republican Party needed to be more inclusive when it came to issues like gay rights. Partial transcript STEPHANOPOULOS: But Governor Huntsman says that you’re not going to be reaching out to broaden the base of the party, reaching out to young…

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Rep. Paul Ryan told Fox’s Chris Wallace that Republicans in the House and Senate would have a hard time blocking President Obama’s budget. “You can’t stop this in the House. It is a complete majority rule. It will be very difficult to stop this in the Senate,” he said. Republicans…

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Surveillance video released in an assault case against a King County, Wash. sheriff’s deputy shows him kicking a young girl, slamming her to the jail cell floor and striking her repeatedly. The deputy has pleaded not guilty in case. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast Feb. 27, 2009.…

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Ron Paul cautioned against a hawking foreign policy while speaking before the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Paul noted the count of dead Iraqis. “So, yeah, we wanted to get rid of a bad guy in Iraq but it cost — it took another one million Iraqis got killed. Believe…

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Former CIA officer Gary Bernsten told Fox’s Gretchen Carlson that President Bush should have executed many of the Guantanamo Bay detainees. This video is from Fox’s Fox & Friends, broadcast Feb. 27, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard told CNN’s Kiran Chetry that new ideas were needed to prevent violence in Mexico from spilling over the U.S. border. While Goddard doesn’t favor the legalization of marijuana, he thinks it could prevent violence from drug cartels and should be debated. This video is from…

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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told the Washington Times that he was going to give the GOP a “Hip Hop” makeover. Stephen Colbert invited steele on his show for a battle of rap skills. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, broadcast Feb. 26, 2009. Download video…

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Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is an “enemy combatant” who’s been in prison 7 years, even though he has never stood trial or been convicted of any crime. Now this suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent will finally have his day in U.S. court. Rachel Maddow is joined by “The Dark Side” author…

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