After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush  —  As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama's rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley's now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person — George W. Bush.

What Didn't Happen  —  Lately many people have been second-guessing the Obama administration's political strategy.  The conventional wisdom seems to be that President Obama tried to do too much — in particular, that he should have put health care on one side and focused on the economy.  —  I disagree.

Taliban attack in downtown Kabul  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — An attack in which the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated key government sites in central Kabul killed five people on Monday morning, hospital officials said.  —  Thirty-eight other people were injured, said Dr. Kabir Amiri, head of Kabul hospitals.

Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left  —  The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher I.Q. scores.  Now new research suggests that critics may have been asking the wrong question.

Fewer Americans think Obama has advanced race relations, poll shows  —  Soaring expectations about the effect of the first black president on U.S. race relations have collided with a more mundane reality, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.  —  On the eve of President Obama's inauguration …

Napolitano grants Haitians refuge  —  STATEMENT FROM HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO  —  “As part of the department's ongoing efforts to assist Haiti following Tuesday's devastating earthquake, I am announcing the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) …

Review of Jet Bomb Plot Shows More Missed Clues  —  WASHINGTON — Worried about possible terrorist attacks over the Christmas holiday, President Obama met on Dec. 22 with top officials of the C.I.A., F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security, who ticked off a list of possible plots …

Wall St. Weighs a Challenge to a Proposed Tax  —  Wall Street's main lobbying arm has hired a top Supreme Court litigator to study a possible legal battle against a bank tax proposed by the Obama administration, on the theory that it would be unconstitutional, according to three industry officials briefed on the matter.

Norm Coleman Says He Won't Run for Minnesota Governor  —  Former senator and 1998 Republican gubernatorial candidate Norm Coleman said Sunday that he will not make another run for governor of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports.  —  “This is not the right time for me and my family …