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Happy State of the Union day!  (more)

If former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was hoping for an endorsement from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to reinforce his lead in the Florida GOP primary polls, he’d best look elsewhere. (more)

Bored with the Penn State scandal because it didn’t implicate any prominent Republicans, the mainstream media have suddenly become obsessed with Grover Norquist’s “Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” They are monomaniacally fixated on luring Republicans into raising taxes. (more)

Where’s the evidence President Obama can win the 2012 election? (more)

ORLANDO, FL – Florida Governor Rick Scott took center stage at Florida’s Presidency 5 to lay out his criteria for the eventual Republican presidential nominee. In front of the state’s more than 3,000 delegates, Scott didn’t mention any of the presidential candidates by name, but he did make clear what voters should look for heading into the Florida straw poll. (more)

Lauren Bush became Lauren Bush-Lauren on Sunday, when she wed 39-year-old David Lauren, the son of fashion designer Ralph Lauren, in a western-style ceremony at a ranch in Colorado. (more)

The way President Obama behaved in the recent flap over the scheduling of his upcoming speech reminded me of the behavior of another desperate president: George H.W. Bush. (more)

Don’t expect to see pictures of former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush at the wedding of their granddaughter Lauren Bush, who is set to tie the knot with 39-year-old David Lauren at a Colorado ranch Sunday. (more)

The passage of “Cut, Cap and Balance” in the House of Representatives is a game-changer. It is also the ground on which the GOP must stand, fight and win, especially now that a July 18-21 CNN poll shows that two-thirds of Americans support the House’s approach. (more)

President Obama’s tone at his Wednesday morning news conference is being described as “feisty” and “combative.” He is being hailed in the press for “pressuring” Republicans on the issue of the debt limit, and lecturing them on foreign policy issues such as his unauthorized war in Libya. The president’s performance would be better described by adjectives like acerbic and petulant. It was a mixture of blame-shifting, threats and tired partisan bromides that have no bearing on the debt problem and should play no role in the solution. Republicans shouldn’t feel pressured; they should sit back and play their hand. (more)

The Trump bandwagon seems to be gaining more and more steam with each passing moment. At least two polls indicate Donald Trump is a legitimate early threat in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. And while some point to his exploits in so-called birtherism plus his name recognition, columnist Mark Steyn has another theory on what the driving force of the Trump surge is. (more)

While Washington celebrated Bush ’41 on Monday, Tuesday saw a different, more stylish gala as Lauren Bush, model and eco-friendly designer, was honored at a party for Capital File magazine. (more)

Eleven years after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, on the eve of America’s great centennial celebration, counterfeiters formed a plot to steal his body from its honored grave in Springfield, Illinois. They had plans to hold the body for ransom. The U.S. Secret Service was able, happily, to disrupt this ghoulish plot. (more)

Deficits “don’t matter.” (more)

Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, once fierce rivals, retired from political life close friends and correspondents. Next week in Washington, nearly 200 years later, that same rivalry-turned-friendship will be on display as former President Bill Clinton hosts an event to honor the man he beat to take the White House in 1992. (more)

Who knew those who live in glass houses actually do throw stones? (more)

Former President George H.W. Bush lost composure and cried when he recited an old love letter to wife Barbara during an interview with granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager on Monday, reports MSNBC.  (more)

Family members of a Pentagon official found dead in a Delaware landfill said they feel like detectives working on the case are not being forthcoming with them. (more)

The State of the Union address always seems to include the idea that the state of the union is “strong.”Barack Obama, in his first State of the Union address last year, said that “despite our hardships, our union is strong.” (more)

Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
At a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona, McKale Memorial Center (more)