A (slight) break from the race for the presidency tonight, as the nation watches the current president give his final State of the Union. Excerpts, courtesy of Reid Wilson.

Despite a dismal housing report, the Dow offered investors a bit of a break today.

Like Animal Farm, Chris Cillizza explains why some endorsements are more equal than others.

The McCain-Romney grudge match continued throughout the day today, as the RCP Average shows McCain with a half-point lead.

Jonathan Martin has his take on the "hotness" here.

Outside the Clinton camp, not everyone is happy with the Kennedy endorsement, including the New York NOW chapter, which says that "Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal." Now -- I mean, wow.

Is this what's called "playing the gender card"? "I will bring to the White House my perspective as a daughter, as a wife, as a mother, because that's never been in the White House before," said Hillary today while in Massachusetts.

Via Marc Ambinder, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe calls Florida "a non-event."

McCain's latest:

Oh, we almost forgot, but it's the start of Super Bowl Week.