ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A Gallup Poll released on the last day of January reveals that, before President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address and Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Michele Bachmann (R-MN) gave their responses, 88 percent of Republicans would like to see the Republican Party take into consideration Tea Party positions and objectives when they attempt to tackle the nation's problems. Of all adults surveyed, 71 percent believed the Tea Party's stances should be considered in the future.

Richard Reeves - BOSTON -- Mitch Daniels, the new governor of Indiana, is probably the smartest of the new crop of Republican governors determined to bring public employee unions to heel. This is the way he puts it:

The Christian Science Monitor - It was a chilly, drizzly day in the middle of the week, but tea party activists still turned out a couple of hundred supporters Thursday at a rally near the Capitol.

David Shribman - WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom is that Barack Obama cannot be beaten. The root of this wisdom is the aphorism, sometimes attributed to former New York Gov. Benjamin B. Odell Jr. and sometimes to former House Speaker Joe Cannon, that you can't beat somebody (Obama) with nobody (any one of the dozen Republican nobodies, male and female, Trump and trumped).

Politico - He says the scandal is a distraction.

Daily Caller - Herman Cain?s new video attacking President Obama is pitch perfect ? had it been meant as a parody.

Daily Caller - Jon Huntsman is set to get face time with a key voting bloc as he aims to gain traction in South Carolina.

Daily Caller - Vice President Joe Biden made waves among pro-lifers and human rights activists Sunday for comments he made during an appearance at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney joined the chorus of outrage on Tuesday.

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin's political career will remain just the way it is, locked forever in the vagueness of political uncertainty. She commonly says she would make a strong candidate for president yet Palin won't throw her name into the ring. Palin won't get involved in debates and has been a bystander in American politics.

Politico - The feisty comments showcased a Clinton determined to present himself as a transformational figure.

Politico - Opinion: On the biggest issue of his presidency, Barack Obama has failed his country.  

AP - Virginia's crusading conservative attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has decided to run for governor in 2013, touching off a fierce, two-year clash for the Republican nomination, a senior GOP official close to Cuccinelli said on Wednesday.

Daily Caller - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s lady luck has run out in Florida, according to exit polls.

Daily Caller - The last time Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson shared screen time was their 2004 hit, “Wedding Crashers.”