Obama, a ‘huge’ Clint Eastwood fan, not offended by skit  —  DES MOINES - President Obama wants to make it clear that, in his own words, “I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan.”  —  “He is a great actor, and an even better director,” the president said in an interview with USA TODAY aboard Air Force One …

Democratic aide: GOP thinks “lying is a virtue”  —  (CBS News) As President Obama and the Democrats gear up for their convention in Charlotte, N.C., this week, Democrats unpacked their thoughts on last week's Republican convention.  Senior campaign aide Stephanie Cutter said she gathered that Republicans “think lying is a virtue.”

Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, dies at age 92  —  GAPYEONG, South Korea — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and befriended North Korean leaders as well as U.S. presidents …

Obama did not change Washington.  Was there a way around united Republican opposition?  —  View Photo Gallery — Obama on the campaign trail: Washington Post photographer Nikki Kahn has been following President Obama on the campaign trail.  Here are some of the images she has captured.

Bush Chief Political Strategist: Paul Ryan's Speech Was Full Of Lies … On ABC's This Week on Sunday, Matthew Dowd, chief political strategist for former President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, criticized Ryan's for its many falsehoods, saying, “at some point, the truth should matter”:

One California Democrat hospitalized, another causes disturbance after night of drinking  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A California delegate to the Democratic National Convention was hospitalized early this morning, after apparently falling unconscious in a hotel lobby following a night of drinking …

White House releases recipe in beer brouhaha  —  Obama concocts his Pennsylvania Ave. home brew  —  President Obama's fondness for beer has been well documented.  Now the White House has bowed to demand for his recipe for beer that he concocted himself with a little help.

‘No Easy Day’ by Mark Owen Tells of SEAL Raid on Bin Laden  —  The Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, learned from ABC News that they had “gazelle legs, no waist, and a huge upper body configuration,” not to mention calloused hands and gigantic egos.

The Other Power in the West Wing  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama was in a bind, and his chief of staff could not figure out how he had ended up there.  —  Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were up in arms last fall over a proposal to require employers to provide health insurance that covered birth control.

Gary Johnson Feels ‘So Much Better’ Not Being A Republican Anymore  —  Republican Party , Republican Party , Republican Convention , Budget 2012 , Elections 2012 , Gary Johnson , Off The Bus , Gary Johnson Republicans , Libertarian Party , Off The Bus , Gary Johnson Republican Convention , Gary Johnson Spoiler , Politics News

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Obama's Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Most RT'd Tweet Of RNC … More than 51,000 people re-tweeted it, as of Sunday.  Obama was presumed to be sitting in the empty chair during Eastwood's prime time speech, which the crowd ate up but which received negative reviews in the press.

Romney camp: We talked war before convention  —  Washington (CNN) - The absence of any remarks on the war in Afghanistan during Mitt Romney's convention speech - cited as a major omission by Democrats - is countered by his speech to the American Legion the day before, Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said Sunday.