President Obama gave his first press conference of the new year Tuesday, and Iran, the campaign, and Rush Limbaugh were high on everyone's minds.
Is Barack Obama trying to preempt coverage of the GOP's big Super Tuesday? White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tweeted news of the president holding a press conference tomorrow right in the middle of 11 Republican primaries and caucuses without noting the time or even the topic.
The ten states holding primary votes tomorrow won't decide the presidential race in any satisfying way, but the results might be the signal that the Republican party is on a course to Mitt Romney that can no longer be altered.
With all eyes on Super Tuesday, Rick Santorum gets philosophical over a Subway sandwich.
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