The Early Word: Democratic Debate Reviews
A headline on the Los Angeles Times’s political blog, Top of the Ticket, painted Mrs. Clinton in a less than flattering light. In “Clinton Stumbles a Bit in Democratic Debate,” Don Frederick writes:
Hillary Clinton was unfazed by initial attempts to knock her off stride. But as the forum proceeded, some […]

There is a truism in politics…it sucks to be the front-runner. That truism was demonstrated last night as the Democrats took off the nice guy masks in Philly and came after Hillary Clinton with a vengeance. I watched the whole debate and kept wondering, if these Democrats can muster the courage to try to destroy […]

 Bush’s Legacy of Cynicism
When George W. Bush surveys his presidency, he will see two wars commenced and none concluded, Osama bin Laden still on the loose, American prestige at record lows throughout the world, a military both broken and abused, and a country that in large part thinks its government is a liar.
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But the true […]

Today’s must read:
Fearing Fear Itself
    
 In America’s darkest hour, Franklin Delano Roosevelt urged the nation not to succumb to “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror.” But that was then.
    Today, many of the men who hope to be the next president - including all of the candidates with a significant chance of receiving the Republican nomination - have made […]

Oh boy, Frank Rich at the New York Times brings out the ruler and smacks the knuckles of the “Religious Right” more than once. I could not agree more…if Giuliani is the Republican Presidential nominee, than the long nightmare of the “do as I say, not as I do” crowd is over. As well, it […]