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Defense Secretary front-runner, GOP's Chuck Hagel has strong Obama ties

Hagel emerged last week as the front-runner for the Pentagon's top job, four years after leaving behind a Senate career in which he carved out a reputation as an independent thinker and blunt speaker.

Chapter & Verse 'Game Change' sequel will come next fall

Melissa Rycroft takes DWTS title on second try (+video)

Fla. GOP tries to defeat Crist before he can run

Would tea party accept a Bill Clinton-brokered deal with Obama?

Paul Ryan returns to House: Is he ready for bigger role in GOP?

Voter turnout: the 6 states that rank highest, and why

Chapter & Verse Sarah Palin says she will release a book on fitness and proper diet

Opinion Paul Ryan and Joe Biden vice presidential debate was good TV and good politics (+video)

Biden-Ryan debate: why it doesn’t matter, and why it does (+video)

Decoder Wire Why watch the vice-presidential debate? Entertainment value. (+video)

One presidential debate over, and still undecided in Ohio

'Homeland' and 'Modern Family' big winners at Emmy Awards

Poll finds high level of distrust in the media. Anybody surprised?

Sarah Palin’s advice to Mitt Romney: 'Go rogue'

Libya attack political fallout: Obama as Carter? Romney as Nixon?

Modern Parenthood Jessica Simpson, Levi Johnston: bikinis, guns, and babies … oh my

GOP convention buzz: And the 'mystery speaker' is ... Clint Eastwood! (+video)

GOP convention: Who is the mystery speaker Thursday night?

Decoder Wire Florida's Charlie Crist as new Obama fan? GOP has an answer for that.

Who will stick with Akin?

Where Todd Akin and Paul Ryan agree, and disagree, on abortion

US government and politics no longer run by WASPs. Does it matter?

Where’s Romney’s Ryan ‘bounce’? Polls give weak report

Decoder Wire Is Joe Biden dragging Obama down? (+video)