• ♥Happy Valentine’s Day♥
• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Egypt, Teabaggers, and Energy Independence
• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World
• Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about how to boost student achievement
• Edie McClurg joins us in studio at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT for another edition of Mondays With McClurg
• President Obama will send Congress today a $3 trillion-plus budget for 2012 that promises $1.1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by freezing many domestic programs for five years, trimming military spending and limiting tax deductions for the wealthy.
• For the second year in a row, conservatives attending the annual CPAC conference in Washington D.C. have selected Rep. Ron Paul of Texas as the winner of their presidential straw poll with 30% of the vote. Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts came in second, with 23% of the vote.
• Lady Antebellum was the big winner at the Grammys with five awards, including record and song of the year for the band’s yearning crossover ballad “Need You Now,” but rockers Arcade Fire won Sunday’s biggest prize, album of the year, for their highly acclaimed “The Suburbs.”


