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Obama's campaign manager waits for a call about 2012

David Plouffe's days of spending time with his family may be nearing an end again. His president may need him in his 2012 re-election campaign. Plouffe, who was the manager of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, says Obama hasn't yet given a thought to winning a second term, and that the president hasn't started to build the massive campaign machinery he'll need to compete against whoever the Republicans nominate. » read more

Rep. Spratt isn't laughing at spokesman's bin Laden joke

South Carolina's Democratic Rep. John Spratt today denounced comments his campaign spokesman made, invoking the name of Osama bin Laden to make a point about conservative voters in the Fifth Congressional District. » read more

Breitbart touts his 'war with mainstream media' during Texas tea party speech

Conservative blogger and activist Andrew Breitbart told a North Texas Tea Party crowd Thursday night that the biggest enemies of conservatives are not President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In his view, a major power source of the left is the mainstream media. » read more

Hillary Clinton launches Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday opened their first direct peace negotiations in 20 months, a long-shot attempt to end the conflict that host Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged is burdened by history and bitter disputes. » read more

White House

• · Following tradition, Obama redecorates Oval Office
• · Text of President Obama's remarks on Iraq
• · Obama's Iraq speech will come from a redone Oval Office

Congress

• · Alaska's Murkowski concedes to tea party-backed Miller
• · 'You lie' Rep. Joe Wilson probed for use of travel expenses
• · McConnell credits Bush with ending Iraq combat operations

State & Local

• · Florida billionaire Greene sues Miami Herald for libel after campaign loss
• · Prop 8 supporters press Schwarzenegger, Brown to defend measure in court
• · Boxer and Fiorina trade personal attacks during debate

Opinion

• · 'Grassroots' organization that spend millions aren't what they seem
• · Mexico's drug war is ours too
• · The out-of-whack economics of college sports