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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Bowing to precedent -- and perhaps the advice of his 2012 campaign staff -- President Obama finally attended the dinner that has been thrown by Washington journalists for 126 years.
Here are the lyrics from every parody performed this weekend at the Gridiron dinner by nearly 100 journalists and a handful of vocally-blessed ringers with truly great voices.
The hardest decision in politics is to throw rationality overboard and give way to ego and ambition and run for president. No wonder the 2012 GOP crop is taking it slowly.
Sarah Palin, who says she may run for president next year, regards herself as a "Reagan conservative" -- as do most of her potential rivals for the GOP nomination.
Clinton said she has not made any commitment to remain as secretary of state after the 2012 presidential election -- and looks forward to some free time for herself.
Pfc. Bradley Manning is under arrest but has not been formally charged in the recent spate of postings of war documents and State Department cables.
Former Vice President Cheney is 69 and suffering from chronic heart disease. Don't look for him to visit Nigeria anytime soon.
The corruption case involves the oil-services firm Halliburton, which Cheney headed before becoming veep.
The banner was the backdrop for Bush's speech announcing the end of major combat in "Operation Iraqi Freedom."
Bush described Dick Cheney a "great vice president" and said he was "proud to call him friend." The Bush library has a planned opening in early 2013.
At points during an eight-year presidency marked by war and recession, former President Bush says in a new book he felt "like the captain of a sinking ship."
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