Lost this demographic to McCain in 2008.

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Obama Courts Veteran Vote

In every presidential election since 1992, the candidate with the less distinguished military résumé has triumphed. Bill Clinton defeated war heroes George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole; National Guard pilot George W. Bush beat Vietnam veterans Al Gore and John Kerry; and Barack Obama was decisively elected over John McCain, who had displayed extraordinary valor during years of captivity as a Navy pilot in North Vietnam. Read full article > >

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Does military service still matter for the presidency?

Political dysfunction. Partisanship at record levels. Attack politics run amok. And public approval of Congress scraping the single digits (Sen. John McCain is fond of saying it’s down to blood relatives and paid staff). Read full article > >

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Want to end partisan politics? Here’s what won’t work — and what will.

Former Sen. Arlen Specter’s new memoir, “Life Among Cannibals ,” recounts his party switch, votes for President Obama’s stimulus package and the health care plan. But it’s not just about politics. For example, in one steamy passage on page 156, he recalls riding on Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign bus in 2008 with former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Read full article > >

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Sarah Palin ‘radiated sensuality,’ says Arlen Specter

McCain and Graham favor aid.

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Senators Want to Arm Syrian Rebels

Sens. McCain and Graham call for arming rebels.

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Syria Clamps Down on Protests

MANCHESTER, N.H. — If this is Mitt Romney’s idea of a victory rally, one shudders to think what would have happened if he had lost the Iowa caucuses. The day after his impossibly thin eight-vote victory, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination flew here for a town hall meeting at Manchester Central High School, where he was to bask in the endorsement of his 2008 arch rival, John McCain. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney out of control

With 50 percent of the votes cast, Fox News is predicting that Newt Gingrich will finish tonight's caucuses in fourth place. That would leave Perry and Bachmann in fifth and sixth place respectively. Talking Points Memo notes that John McCain was the only candidate to win nomination who wasn't among the top three in Iowa's 2008 caucuses.

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Fox News: Gingrich Will Come in 4th

If you thought all the political action is in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, think again: The race is heating up here in Washington social circles. No drama for Democrats officially rallying together to re-elect President Obama . More interesting to watch: D.C.’s prominent Republicans who are trying to cozy up to the party’s nominee. Back the right horse early enough and you get four years hanging out with the winner. Pick the loser and . . .well, you picked the loser: After George W. Bush prevailed in the 2000 GOP primaries, early backers of John McCain were quietly snubbed by Bush insiders. Read full article > >

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GOP primary divides Washington socialites

Four years ago this week, a young and inspirational senator who promised to turn history’s page swept the Iowa caucuses and began his irresistible rise to the White House. Barack Obama was unlike any candidate the country had seen before. More than a mere politician, he became a cultural icon, “the biggest celebrity in the world,” as a John McCain ad accurately, if mischievously, described him. He was the object of near adoration among the young, launching what often felt like a religious revival. Artists poured out musical compositions devoted to his victory in a rich variety of forms, from reggae and hip-hop to the Celtic folk song. (My personal favorite: “ There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama. ”) Electoral contests rarely hold out the possibility of making all things new, but Obama’s supporters in large numbers fervently believed that 2008 was exactly such a campaign. Read full article > >

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Can a messiah win twice?

“Senator McCain’s campaign actually said, and I quote, ‘if we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.’” –Then-Sen. Barack Obama, October 16, 2008 We resisted writing about Mitt Romney’s first television ad when it was released just before Thanksgiving, on the grounds that the issue –whether the ad misquoted President Obama—had been thoroughly and quickly discussed. We sometimes also see little need to fact check items that have been already debunked by one political faction or the other. Read full article > >

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Revisiting Romney’s ‘deceitful, dishonest’ ad about Obama

The geologist who conceived it called it the poor man’s space program. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) fumed that it was a waste of taxpayer dollars. Meteorite hunter Ralph Harvey simply calls it work. For the 35th year, the United States is mounting its annual campaign to gather space rocks from the wind-hammered icefields of Antarctica. Read full article > >

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At the bottom of the world, a controversial search for cosmic leftovers

The endorsement by the New Hampshire Union Leader of the presidential candidacy of Newt Gingrich provides the former House speaker with a boost in the Granite State and likely solidifies him as the conservative alternative to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney . “The endorsement gives Newt credibility with New Hampshire voters, and conservatives especially, just when he needs it most,” said Mike Dennehy, who managed the New Hampshire presidential campaigns for Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2000 and 2008. “As with McCain in ‘08, the [Union Leader] has brought to life the comeback for Newt Gingrich.” Read full article > >

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What the Union Leader means for Newt Gingrich (and what it doesn’t)

Ginger McCain, trainer of triple Grand National winner Red Rum, dies at the age of 80 after suffering from cancer.

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Grand National great McCain dies

VIRGINIA BEACH — Jamie Radtke may not yet be well-known to most Virginians, but she was in her element at one event last week. “I’m especially glad to be in a roomful of terrorists ,” Radtke said at a chapter meeting of the Hampton Roads Tea Party, drawing knowing laughter. “And hobbits!” yelled an audience member, a reference to the Wall Street Journal and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) complaining about the demands of the “tea party hobbits.” Later, Radtke sarcastically told the audience: “You, single-handedly, caused the ‘tea party downgrade.’ ” Read full article > >

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Tea-party candidate Radtke tries to gain traction in Senate race