Reporter's Note: No doubt President Obama is excited about having the Saints to the White House for the traditional presidential congratulations to the Super Bowl Champs. Perhaps he will even invite his favorite(or at least most persistent) pen pal to be there for the ceremony! With that in mind, here is the latest in my continuing series of letters to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Tom Foreman | BIO
AC360° Correspondent

Dear Mr. President,

Neither snow, nor sleet, nor cold of night shall stop me from writing my daily letter, but I must say all three continue to challenge all my efforts to get home. As I write this I am sitting in the Indianapolis airport (which, as airports go, is really nice!) waiting for the first flight in days to threaten an actual departure for the DC area from here, and I’m having trouble typing since my fingers are crossed.

We’ve already been delayed by about two hours and I’m hoping it doesn’t turn into a cancellation, because if it does then we run into the new series of storms set to hit both here and there in the next 48 hours. I’ve told my elder daughter (who, you may recall, is traveling with me) if that happens we’ll just go buy a house and live here.

I can just hear the call to my wife. “Sorry, I’m calling to tell you our marriage is over. I still love you, it’s just that I can’t see when we’ll ever be in the same city again. Good luck. If spring brings a thaw, I will try to make it through…if not to save you, at least to know how you met your frozen end.”

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Randi Kaye | BIO
AC360° Correspondent

Editor's Note: Many of you wrote in to thank Anderson for going back to Haiti. You asked that we continue to cover the situation and some urged us to follow the money that has been donated to be sure that it actually gets to Haiti to help those in need. What do you think?
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I am so happy that A C is back in Haiti! I lived there in the early 70's and have some wonderful memories. I was in high school at the American school (Union School) please continue to keep Haiti in the news!

Hello: I really appreciate Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta's work in Haiti. You all are special as reporters. Very good.

Thank-you for returning to Haiti. It seems people’s memories are way too short. The Haiti story is not over and is far more important in the scheme of things than so much of the unimportant drivel that is the normal fair for "news". Please keep up the good work it is much appreciated. A grateful viewer.

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Anderson Cooper | BIO
AC360° Anchor

I was asked to write a blog about why I wanted to come back to Haiti. I'm not really sure how to answer that question. No one I've seen today in Port-au-Prince has asked me that. If anything, people here ask why I left, and why so many other reporters have left as well. I don't really know what to tell them.

I was here for more than two weeks immediately following the quake and, the truth is, I left because I needed a break. That's not the kind of thing you can really tell someone who is living on the streets of Port-au-Prince. They know a lot more about exhaustion than I ever will.

I spent last week in New York, but, the truth is, it felt very strange. When you know something monumental is happening so close to our shores, and yet you don't see it on a daily basis – it's an odd disconnect, and it doesn't feel right.

Later this week is the one month anniversary of the earthquake. To say things are getting better here is probably technically correct, but it's still miserable for hundreds of thousands of people.

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David Gergen | BIO
AC360° Contributor
CNN Senior Political Analyst

The country took a well-deserved time-out last night from bleak news about jobs, deficits, health care, Iran and the like. Even if you were pulling for Peyton Manning and the Colts, you had to agree that the epic upset victory by the New Orleans Saints was the best feel-good moment for the country in more than a year.

Drew Brees and the Saints did more than deliver a storybook ending to a storybook year. They made New Orleans a fresh symbol of the American spirit – what we can do as a people when we have our backs to the wall and join together in search of a comeback.

As almost everyone knows by now, Drew Brees is himself a story of overcoming the odds. Even though he was a high school star, most colleges weren’t interested in him as a player because he was so short – six feet in cleats, far below today’s stereotype. By grit and determination, he made it into the pros but four years ago, diving on a fumble, injured his shoulder so badly that no one wanted him except for the Saints, a team with such a sorry record that it was often nicknamed the “Aints” back home.

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Anderson Cooper | BIO
AC360° Anchor

@andersoncooper: From ac: I've decided to go back to haiti. I'm going to catch a flight in a few hours to the dominican republic, then cross over.

@andersoncooper: From ac: just got into port au prince

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Tonight on 360°, a man is found alive in the rubble of a Port-au-Prince market four weeks after the earthquake. Anderson and Dr. Sanjay Gupta are in Haiti with the details. Plus, more snow in the forecast for the Washington area. A lot more snow.

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Maureen Miller
AC360° Writer

Anderson is back in Haiti tonight. He has a remarkable and unexpected story to report. A man was pulled out of the rubble today, nearly a month after the quake hit.

The survivor is 28-year-old Evan Muncie. He was found in the remains of a market where he sold rice. He's suffering from extreme dehydration and malnutrition. We'll bring you his story of survival.

Tonight we also have the raw politics of Sarah Palin. Her speech this weekend at the Tea Party convention has a lot of people talking, along with the answer she gave about running for president in 2012.

Plus, New Orleans celebrating the Saints' Super Bowl Victory. Five years after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, residents are celebrating the big win and thanks to the hard work of so many other people, there's much more to honor.

Don Lemon | BIO
CNN Anchor

Tax Day 2009 Tea Parties attracted some 300,000 people nationwide.

John Avalon
CNN Contributor

As the National Tea Party Convention concluded this weekend, it's clear that the Tea Partiers are propelled by two competing claims - a principled commitment to fiscal conservatism and a serious case of Obama Derangement Syndrome.

The first group remains true to the roots of the movement as it emerged almost one year ago amid bailout backlash. They feel like modern Paul Reveres, warning their fellow citizens about the unsustainable nature of our government's deficit spending and unprecedented debt.

They still have an important civic role to play in our national debate.

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