Why Did Clinton Overlook Obama

Why Did Clinton Overlook Obama? Posted: 20 Dec 2007 08:30 AM CST Most neutral observers would agree that Hillary Clinton's response to Barack Obama's rise has been bungled. Over the past few weeks, we have seen her campaign attempt again and again to attack him,...

A Middle East Transformed? Hardly Posted: 20 Dec 2007 08:25 AM CST While the clock has not yet run out on the Bush presidency, one can already discern the tragic irony that will plague his foreign policy legacy. The administration so deeply committed to reversing...

Back from the Dead Again: McCain Rising Posted: 20 Dec 2007 08:15 AM CST Political journalists all too often get caught up in the day-to-day momentum of a race and have short memories, making them poor judges of character. A few months back, John McCain's run for the GOP...

Real-Deal Conservatism Missing From Race Posted: 20 Dec 2007 08:00 AM CST Ask Republicans how they intend to vote in the upcoming primaries and you often hear, "There are two or three candidates I'd consider voting for...." Press the question, and "I don't know" is the...

A Jumbled GOP Race Posted: 20 Dec 2007 06:05 AM CST Just two weeks before the first votes are cast in the 2008 primary campaign, every Republican front-runner is facing serious problems. Whether it is harsh examination of their past records and...

That 70's Campaign Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:45 AM CST WASHINGTON -- In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hillary Clinton...

Huckabee's Baptists Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:42 AM CST WASHINGTON -- When Mike Huckabee went to Houston Tuesday to raise funds for his fast-rising, money-starved presidential candidacy, a luncheon for the ordained Baptist minister was arranged by...

2007: Damming the Flow of Freedom Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:42 AM CST For a few years in the 1980s and 1990s, the world was changing for the better and seemingly destined to keep doing so indefinitely. Back then, freedom resembled justice as described in the Bible --...

She's Still In This Race Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:42 AM CST Not so long ago, the conventional wisdom of Washington proclaimed that Hillary Rodham Clinton could not be stopped from winning the Democratic presidential nomination. Today, the same wise men and...

The Clinton Albatross Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:41 AM CST If polls are accurate, Sen. Hillary Clinton's once-sure bid for the Democratic presidential nomination is now not so sure. Her wide lead vanished without warning in Iowa and New Hampshire -- and...

Resolve To End Hyper-Partisanship Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:40 AM CST Suppose Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) wins the Democratic nomination and picks Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel (Neb.) or Independent New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his running mate. Or, suppose Sen. John...

Confusion Reigns On Campaign Trail Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:35 AM CST MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Maybe it's the rush of pre-Christmas preparations. Or maybe it's the effects of too many holiday parties. But life has suddenly become very confusing on the way to the 2008...

Obama Still Faces an Up-Hil Climb Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:34 AM CST Those in the press always prefer presidential races to be close contests, and this year they've seemingly lucked out again. The latest story line has Hillary Clinton on the defensive, as a surging...

The Right Gift Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:33 AM CST Thanksgiving is supposed to be about gratitude and Christmas about ... what? Getting more stuff we don't really need, but sometimes selfishly want? It's also the political season, which will outlast...

Bear Paws with Iran's Nukes Posted: 20 Dec 2007 12:31 AM CST LIKE the bone-chilling Siberian winter winds, the bad news just keeps howling out of Mother Russia these days. Following on the heels of less-than-free-and-fair parliamentary elections, last week...