Barack Obama's French kiss-off  —  Obama's public reactions to the attacks in Paris have been muted.  —  Barack Obama n'est pas Charlie — or at least, he wasn't this weekend.  —  Don't look for the president or vice president among the photos of 44 heads of state who locked arms and marched down Boulevard Voltaire in Paris.

Health reform a plus for Dems, at last  —  People with broken arms, patients recently recovered from emergency surgery — President Obama needs to put Americans benefitting from ObamaCare next to the First Lady when he makes his Jan. 20 State of the Union address.

Both parties agree: Economic mobility will be a defining theme of 2016 campaign  —  On right and left, a search for a credible populist message  —  Presidential hopefuls in both parties agree on at least one thing: Economic mobility, and the feeling of many Americans that they are being shut …

Jay Leno: Hillary Clinton ‘seems very slow’  —  While on the HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Jay Leno said Hillary Clinton seems “very slow” and appears to be older than Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren despite their 18-month age difference.  —  “I don't see the fire,” …

Rand Paul Taps Veteran Adviser for Likely 2016 Campaign  —  The Kentucky Senator Has Hired Republican Strategist Chris LaCivita As Senior Adviser  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is bringing on Republican strategist Chris LaCivita as a senior adviser as he prepares for a likely presidential campaign.

Valerie Jarrett, Obama's ‘Berlin Wall’  —  It's high time the news media paid more attention to Valerie Jarrett.  An old Chicago friend of both Barack and Michelle Obama's, she exercises unusual influence in the White House as a “senior adviser.”  Many in Washington believe that she is at the heart …

Afghanistan rally hails Charlie Hebdo attackers as ‘heroes’  —  Reuters 13 hrs ago  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds in southern Afghanistan rallied to praise the killing of 12 people at the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, calling the two gunmen “heroes” who meted out punishment …

Pop Music Critic Leaves The New Yorker to Annotate Lyrics for a Start-Up  —  Sasha Frere-Jones, the longtime pop music critic for The New Yorker, has left the magazine to join Genius, a website mounting an ambitious expansion after starting as a forum for annotated rap lyrics online.

Nigeria's Horror in Paris's Shadow  —  As many as a million people, joined by 40 world leaders, filled the streets of Paris on Sunday in solidarity after two separate terrorist attacks claimed 17 innocent lives last week.  The day before, more than 3,000 miles to the south …

David Brooks on MTP: We're at ‘Adult Table’, Ann Coulter, Hebdo at ‘Kiddie Table’  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Was it just coincidence that the only person consigned by purportedly conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks to the “kiddie table” on Meet the Press this morning was fearless conservative Ann Coulter?

Obama's ‘embarrassing’ absence at unity march gets lampooned [photoshop]  —  Earlier Twitchy posted about how President Obama sent Eric Holder to France as our representative.  —  Terrorist defender, free press opponent Holder represents US in Paris  —  He never showed up at the Paris unity march though.