Right Wing Round-Up

  • David Weigel: At CPAC, Tea Party Movement Re-Enters Conservative Fold.
  • Sarah Posner: As inflammatory tea party rhetoric gets toasted at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Focus on the Family’s advocacy arm tries to show a softer, gentler side of the religious right.
  • Media Matters: CPAC has always been a welcoming venue for the far-right fringe.
  • Think Progress: CPAC audience boos former GOP Rep. Bob Barr for saying waterboarding is torture.
  • Joe.My.God: Rachel Maddow Goes To CPAC.
  • HRC Back Story: DC Marriage Law Closer to Reality as Court Rejects Opponents’ Injunction Request.
  • TFN: David Barton: Garbage in, Garbage out.
  • Finally, Steve Benen says “[Scott] Brown is quickly proving himself to a dim-witted clown.”