The Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street from the White House caught fire today, but firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze and minimize the damage to the historic building.
President Bush today signed the energy bill, which is designed to ease U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Explaining his "unconventional" primary strategy today, Rudy Giuliani talked baseball: "A baseball game, you've got to play nine innings and whoever gets the most runs at the end of the nine innings wins." With you so far, mayor. "So here, you've got to play in 29 primaries. Nobody's going to win all of them, that's for sure." So... "You recognize the reality that you aren't going to win all of them. You've got to win most of them, and most of them are coming on Feb. 5." Got it.
Paul Krugman, if you didn't know, is not an Obama fan.
John McCain lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that when he looked into his eyes he saw the letters "K, a G and a B" -- a reference to President Bush's comment years ago that he had looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul.
Putin, meanwhile, is Time's Person of the Year.
In other McCain news, Henry Kissinger, who endorsed McCain earlier this year, spoke today in Boston: "John McCain will be the best person to lead America through the turbulent, but also hopeful period that is ahead of us."
Marc Ambinder asks the most important question of the season: "Kerry's Endorsement ... When? If?"
Perhaps in contrast to Mike Huckabee, who criticized the president's foreign policy in a Foreign Affairs article, Mitt Romney today stood four-square with the commander in chief.
Fred Thompson picked up the endorsement of the North Carolina Right to Life PAC today.
If this whole president thing doesn't work out for Chris Dodd, he might have a future as majority leader.
The Ron Paul campaign today said that it would not return $500 from an avowed white supremacist, explaining that "that's $500 less that this guy has to do whatever it is that he does." The donor, who has the absurdly ironic name Don Black, hosts a Web site with the motto: "White Pride World Wide," proving that you're never too bigoted for rhyme.
