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It seemed like a trivial matter: On Wednesday, House Republicans forced the president to delay his speech to a joint session of Congress by one day. Who cares? The White House cares. Very much. “It is a big deal that the House said ‘no’ to the president from our end,” a White House source with intimate knowledge of what took place between the House and the president told me Thursday. “This confirms what we all know: They will do anything in the House to muck us up.” On Wednesday, the White House staff did not know exactly what President Barack...

(JACKSONVILLE, FLA.) Continuing to hammer Barack Obama on his connection to 1960s radical William Ayers, Sarah Palin made clear her belief that voters will make their final decisions on Nov. 4 based on the candidates’ personal qualities. “Ladies and gentleman, this election is about the truthfulness and the judgment needed in our next president,” Palin said at a rally here in front of an overflow crowd of thousands. “John McCain has it and Barack Obama doesn't.” Palin also went into more specifics on the economy than she usually does at her rallies, touting John McCain’s vow to initiate a spending...