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"President Obama: 'I never suggested that change would be easy.'" - Politico.com

President Barack Obama moved to recapture the political initiative in his State of the Union message Wednesday night by offering an unusually frank acknowledgement that many voters are having doubts about his leadership and his ability to bring an end to partisan gridlock in Washington.

"I campaigned on the promise of change – change we can believe in, the slogan went. And right now, I know there are many Americans who aren’t sure that they still believe we can change – or at least, that I can deliver it,” Obama said during his address to a joint session of Congress. “But remember this – I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I could do it alone."

"Scott Brown makes rounds in Senate" - Politico.com

Senator-elect Scott Brown swept into the Capitol on Thursday morning, met by a sea of reporters and cameras and the open arms of his party’s former presidential candidate, John McCain.

Arriving at McCain’s office for the first of four meetings this morning, including one with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), outgoing Massachusetts Sen. Paul Kirk and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Brown played the part of heralded hero, smiling and waving as he walked briskly into the Russell Senate Office Building.

"Harper gains control of Canadian Senate, names newest members" - Politico.com

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named two Ontarians, one Quebecer and two Atlantic Canadians to the Senate, giving the Conservatives a plurality of seats in the upper house.

Bob Runciman, a long-time Ontario Progressive Conservative MP, is among the new picks for the Senate announced Friday morning. Indian-Canadian businessman Vim Kochhar, president of the Vimal Group of Companies, is the other Ontario appointee. Runciman released a statement saying he was “deeply honoured that the Prime Minister has asked me to join his caucus as a Senator.”

Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, a Quebec victims’ rights advocate, has also been named to the Senate. Newfoundland and Labrador’s former auditor general, Elizabeth Marshall, will also be joining the Senate ranks. Rose-May Poirier, a current New Brunswick MLA and former cabinet minister, rounds out the list of new Senate picks.