ASSOCIATED PRESS: Sounding increasingly like a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly told a raucous tea party crowd Saturday he has the qualities needed in the White House and the conservative ideals necessary to seal the Republican nomination should he decide to run. […] He derided President Barack Obama, calling him the worst to occupy the White House in history. He again questioned whether the president was born in the U.S., even though the fact has been affirmed by officials in Hawaii, where Obama was born. And he maligned China, saying the U.S. should take control of Iraqi oil and described American infrastructure as third world. Sounding increasingly like a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly told a raucous tea party crowd Saturday he has the qualities needed in the White House and the conservative ideals necessary to seal the Republican nomination should he decide to run. Trump ticked through a number 
of issues seen as bedrocks for conservative candidates, saying he is anti-abortion, against gun control and wants to repeal Obama’s health care law. Throughout the speech, he portrayed the U.S. as a nation in decline and himself as its potential savior. MORE
WASHINGTON POST: Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty called Trump “talented” and “funny” while former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee described him as a “very serious candidate” after a meeting with him. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney described Trump as a ”new face and a new voice in the process” and urged him to “come on in, the water’s fine.” MORE
RELATED: “Celebrity Apprentice” host and prospective Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a message for rival Mitt Romney: I could buy and sell you. “I’m a much bigger businessman and I have a much bigger net wealth: I mean, my net worth is many many many Mitt Romneys,” “The Donald” told CNN’s State of the Union. MORE
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Among Republican primary voters, Mr. Romney captured the support of 21% in a broad, nine-candidate field. Mr. Trump was tied for second with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, with 17%. House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 11%, just ahead of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s 10%. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered a strong contender by political handicappers, remains largely unknown, with just 6% support. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota had 5%, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 3%, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour with just 1%. MORE
MSNBC: Hours before Donald Trump arrived for his Tea Party debut Saturday in Boca Raton, 68-year-old Jerry Hochfelsen was handing out hundreds of “Draft Trump” T-shirts. “He’s the man for today,” said Hochfelsen. A month ago, Hochfelsen, who has his own printing company, was having lunch, as he does every day, with his best friends – a physician and a fellow who does manufacturing. “We talk about politics, we talk about women. We talk a lot about women actually,” he recalled. “But a month ago we started talking about Trump running for president. So we each put up a few bucks and said let’s support him.” MORE
RELATED: He’s talked enough smack about President Barack Obama that it’s time, as Bill Cosby demanded last week on Today, for Trump to run or just “shut up.” It’s time that Trump talked about Obama to his face. After a monthlong “Birther” tourthat stopped at Good Morning America, O’Reilly and The View to deposit the recycled claim that under Obama, “this country is going to hell,” and Trump’s thoroughly debunked “doubts” about Obama’s citizenship — including his theory that the first black president’s white grandparents fudged his birth records to get him on welfare — this week Trump went on Fred Dicker’s radio show and presented the caveat that he’s got “a great relationship with the blacks.” MORE
RELATED: Gary Busey became the seventh candidate fired from NBC’s fourth season of The Celebrity Apprentice during Sunday night’s broadcast of the reality competition’s seventh episode. MORE
GARY BUSEY: I have great respect for Mr. Trump and I accept his choice with grace, kindness and understanding, and I departed in a very happy mood. The fact is my teammates did not like me. They were very determined to get me off the team from the very beginning no matter how good I did. They couldn’t see it, but that’s okay. I can turn a thunderstorm or a tornado into a rainbow and I’m flying over the rainbow tonight. MORE