Blitzer was wrong: Candidate spouses aren’t a ‘lighter subject’

Wolf Blitzer, you boob.

A presidential candidate’s spouse is the ultimate human credential, often the best clue we have about who the aspirant is as a person. Though we sometimes pretend otherwise, a spouse is also a top adviser in her own right (or his), as well as a potential ambassador to the world.

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Obama to propose plan to reduce college costs

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – President Obama will offer a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available in low-interest loans and tying it directly to colleges’ ability to reduce tuition.

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Mitt Romney back in the lead in Florida

Mitt Romney has regained his frontrunner status in the Florida primary, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

The poll shows that, even before Thursday’s debate in which Romney appeared to get the better of Newt Gingrich, the former Massachusetts governor had opened up a substantial lead in the state’s primary Tuesday.

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Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say

Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three people with direct knowledge of Paul’s businesses.

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Newt Gingrich’s animal attraction resurfaces

Seems some anti-Gingrich Republicans are citing enviros, of all people, to skewer the former House speaker as not being a true conservative.

They’ve dug up a 1999 article in the Environmental Forum by Michael J. Bean, formerly of the Environmental Defense Fund and now counselor to the assistant secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks at the Interior Department, titled “The Gingrich That Saved the ESA (Endangered Species Act).”

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#CampaignReads: Share your must-read election stories with Post Politics

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Over the last few weeks, Post Politics has asked our readers to help us identify some of the most compelling campaign coverage by Tweeting us links with the hashtag #CampaignReads. Today, Post Politics is taking #CampaignReads to the next level by launching a standalone section completely powered by our readers.

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As Democrats shift to offense, Obama, Biden address House retreat

CAMBRIDGE, Md. — When House Democrats last huddled at a sprawling bayside resort here on the Eastern Shore one year ago, lawmakers were publicly optimistic — but privately divided.

They had just weathered a historic shellacking in the November 2010 midterms, a 63-seat loss that left members examining where their party went wrong.

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CNN Florida debate: Winners and losers

Jacksonville, Fla., and CNN put on one of the best debates of the GOP presidential race on Thursday night — a debate that is sure to have an effect on Tuesday’s all-important Florida primary.

The Fix was live-chatting all night, but we also thought we’d pass along our thoughts on the debate, in the form — naturally — of winners and losers.

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The defense budget and civilian federal pay

The Defense Department budget released Thursday would slash the size of the Army and Marine Corps, trim the number of military jets and ships and push Congress to consider another round of base closures.

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