An elegant second Obama inauguration, packed with high-fashion, high-energy and high-profile stars, twirled to an end Monday as President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama — she in another stunning gown — danced the night away at the inaugural balls.



President John F. Kennedy was supposed to just stop by and wave hello. Instead a group of eager Latinos persuaded him to come inside and speak to a packed room of Mexican-American
The auto bailouts, which worked better than even administration economists thought they would, helped Obama with blue-collar voters in key Midwestern states, particularly Ohio and Michigan. And bin Laden's demise was a singular achievement that deprived Republicans of a typical line of attack, that Democrats are weak on national security.
There will be new faces in Congress next year, but the number of Republicans and Democrats isn't going to change much. According to data compiled by the non-partisan Cook Political Report, there are 62 U.S. House seats
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