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Obama Jokes for His Supper at His First Gridiron Dinner Appearance as President

-Annie Groer

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.

Lack of a GOP Front-Runner for 2012 at Odds With Republican History

-Bruce Drake

In every presidential election until now, there was a clear front-runner at this stage of the campaign and that front-runner, in most but not all cases, won the nomination.

John McCain Pressing Hard for Consideration of Libyan No-Fly Zone

-Tom Diemer

Even threatening to set up a no-fly zone would be a "deterrent" that might discourage Gadhafi's warplanes from trying to attack rebel positions, McCain argued.

Gay Marriage Decision May Not Hurt Obama or Help the Religious Right

-David Gibson

Growing public acceptance of homosexuals -- even among some Republicans and conservative Christians -- is blunting the issue as a campaign weapon.

Maverick Days Long Gone, McCain Among Most Conservative in Senate

-Tom Diemer

National Journal said Arizona's McCain shared the most conservative title with seven other Republican senators, including John Thune of South Dakota and Jim DeMint of South Carolina.

Mike Huckabee Keeps Up Criticism of Islam in America

-David Gibson

But the former Baptist pastor and potential GOP presidential candidate says 'birthers' and those who think Obama is a Muslim are 'wrong-headed.'

Glenn Beck Meets Billy Graham, Later Blasts the Left as 'Evil'

-David Gibson

Could the meeting with 'America's pastor' boost Beck's credibility with evangelicals -- and his ratings with his Fox TV audience?

Jon Kyl to Retire From Senate, Is Open to Being Vice Presidential Candidate

-Politics Daily Staff

Kyl, who ranks second in the Senate GOP leadership, led an unsuccessful fight last year against Senate ratification of the START nuclear arms pact with Russia.

McCain Tells Rumsfeld: I Was Right on Iraq

-Tom Diemer

John McCain says he and Donald Rumsfeld had a "bone of contention" over the need for a troop surge in Iraq. Rumsfeld tells his side in a new memoir, but McCain says history has proven him correct.

The State of Our Union's Political Civility: Many Are Hungry for More

-Jeffrey Weiss

Here's a definition of civility President Obama could offer in his State of the Union address: Civility is simply a continuing acknowledgment that the motives and patriotism of your opponent are at least as pure as your own.

Giuliani Mulling Another White House Bid; Mike Huckabee Biding His Time

-Politics Daily Staff

Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee says he won't decide on another presidential campaign until this summer because "people get sick of us if we're out there for too long."

McCain Calls Obama a 'Patriot,' Rejects Critics Who Say He's 'Unworthy' to Lead

-Bruce Drake

McCain's comments about Obama were made in an opinion piece in The Washington Post in which he said the president had made a "terrific speech" in Tucson at a tribute for the victims of the Arizona shootings.

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