LAST TICKET: Obama’s meeting with Republicans might be delayed; Crist will try to pardon Doors frontman

The Ticket

Here are the stories we took note of today, but didn't give the full blog treatment:

• Obama's meeting with GOP lawmakers on the Bush tax cuts might be delayed. (Washington Post)

• Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, says he may have to strip "Don't ask, don't tell" from the defense appropriations bill. (The Cable)

• Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will officially seek a pardon for the late Jim Morrison. (St. Petersburg Times)

• President Obama hung out with robots in Japan — real robots, not other foreign heads of state. (Gizmodo)

• An Alaska conservationist says Sarah Palin got way too close to those Mama Grizzlies on her reality show. (Newser)

• "I'm the next president," says Alvin Greene. (Columbia Free Times)

• New lawmakers are fundraising "before they even find the bathrooms." (Huffington Post)

• Rahm Emanuel never believed in bipartisanship. (The Plum Line)

• For the second time in two years, Michelle Obama is looking for a new chief of staff. (The Caucus)

• Michael Bloomberg says he's not qualified to be Secretary of the Treasury. (Daily Intel)