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{Barack Obama fans wish {lsquo}Mr. President' a happy birthday} {Also: Bill and Hillary Clinton sit down to dinner (and won't you join them?); John McCain holds his ground in polls; and Obama claims k > The Ticket needs to apologize because apparently we missed something -- like the next three months and election day. (link)

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