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CNNPolitics.com is all ears for President Barack Obama‘s State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 9 p.m., and the Republican response shortly thereafter.

Members of CNN’s political team – which includes lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Candy Crowley, John King, Piers Morgan, Kathleen Parker, Eliot Spitzer, senior political analysts Gloria Borger and David Gergen, and political contributors Roland Martin and Erick Erickson — will blog and offer real-time analysis on Political Ticker, and CNNPolitics.com will provide articles, op-ed pieces, analysis, interactive features, and photo galleries prior to the speech.

Obama’s address will also be live-streamed on CNN Live and via the cable news network’s apps for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

CNN.com spruced up its CNNPolitics.com in time for the buildup to the midterm elections.

New features include: “The Top 5,” a daily digest of the five most important political stories; “Top Stories” and “The Conversation,” the biggest political stories of the moment, broken down by topics generating the most conversation and comments among CNN.com users; “Opinion,” op-eds and daily musings from CNN’s political contributors and pundits; “Polling Center,” featuring CNN’s extensive polling, plus public political polling from across the country; and “Local Headlines,” political headlines from across the nation customizable by ZIP code and powered by CNN’s local affiliates.

The new CNNPolitics.com also features cover story “The Sweep” and regular features from political contributors including “Wolf’s Picks” from The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer anchor Wolf Blitzer, weekly column “Henry in the House” from senior White House correspondent Ed Henry, weekly column “Reliable Sources” from Reliable Sources host Howie Kurtz, and “Preston on Politics,” an analytical wrap-up of the day’s political headlines from political editor Mark Preston.

CNN.com vice president and managing editor Meredith Artley said:

The new CNNPolitics.com pairs CNN’s timely, smart reporting with new interactive features and visual oomph. Our dynamic coverage now has the dynamic digital presence it deserves.

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A CNN producer snapped this image, then Twitpic’d it, of Gov. Sarah Palin dropping in to CNN’s Washington bureau today and stopping by The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.

Insiders tells us Gov. Palin and her husband Todd visited the bureau today for an off-the-record meet and greet with Blitzer and CNN staffers.

What wasn’t off-the-record? Palin’s interview with FNC’s Sean Hannity. More on that here….

The BookTV channel on YouTube features several clips from politicos and media types as they answer the question, “What are you reading this summer?” It’s part of C-SPAN’s “Summer Reading” interview series which begins this Memorial Day weekend.

Below, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks about the five books he’ll be reading – no fiction here, it’s all politics, policy and recent history…except for one book. “I don’t have a whole lot of time for fun reading,” he tells C-SPAN.

Tomorrow on WebNewser, what ABC’s Charlie Gibson will be reading.

• Check out BookTV.org to see some of the other “Summer Reading” lists…