Suite Talk Johnston to Steptoe & Johnson Francis Watley (DLC) to Holland & Knight Moschella (DOJ) to Brownstein Harmala (Berman) & Huey to Kilpatrick Stockton Irace to ACC

Barack Obama‘s camp released a post-SC memo, saying Hillary Clinton‘s camp “will likely wave shiny baubles in front of the media to try and divert their focus” for 2/5.

Bres: Sebelius is up now And gosh, she was terrifically boring. Today, I went from Barack Obama to George Bush to Kathleen Sebelius, and I seemed like I was going downhill in rhetorical ability-o-meter. Wow. …but, he does kiss Rahm’s Ring: Rahm sums up the Bush speech pretty well

Mary Katharine Ham is Keith Olbermann’s Worst Person in the World

O’Connor: Shays to Bush, “Lighten Up!” Most other questions revolved largely around foreign policy, with Republicans asking about Bush’s recent trip to the Middle East — and Bush was able to neutralize his folksy nemesis, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, a close ally who loves to tweak the president with his …

Pershing: Pots, Kettles and Earmarks Bres: Hoyer blasts Republicans on earmark moratorium Pershing: Bush Hits on Stimulus, Earmark Reform As an aside, press releases “reacting” to the speech from left and right have been rolling in for a couple of hours, but Capitol Briefing can’t share them with you because …

O’Connor: Emerson will stay in the House

Pershing: SOTU Expectations Low on the Hill “I pretty much have lost hope, but the good news tonight is that it’s his last speech,” said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).

doesn’t like West Va. football The House is taking up two resolutions today to honor college-football teams, which in my opinion is at least one too many. But the assertion in the resolution that the WVU had to “overcome adversity” to win the Fiesta Bowl doesn’t really make it for …

A Frosty Moment between Clinton, Obama

…saving the whales!  I love how this post says “spanky pants.”

Kurtz: Team Obama is Courting Everybody But the Press

JoMa: Mitt rocks the guayabera shirt!

TONIGHT: President Bush’s Last State of Union Address McCain plans to skip – will stay in Florida to campaign; Clinton and Obama both plan to attend Lou Cannon and Carl Cannon: “We believe that George W. Bush can be meaningfully compared to Ronald Reagan.” Bush speech will seek to calm …

Ambinder: Ted Kennedy Will Stay on Fence, Probably (1/26) Ambinder: CBS News reports Kennedy will endorse Obama (1/27) Ambinder: Bloga Culpas: The Kennedy Endorsement (1/27) Mike Allen & Carrie Budoff Brown: Ted Kennedy Embraces Obama The Clinton campaign launched a last-ditch effort over the last few days to stop Kennedy’s …