Feb 14, 2008 – And in one of few foreign-policy exchanges in the Democratic debates, Obama said he would personally engage in unconditional negotiations … Michael O'Hanlon, a Democratic defense and national-security adviser at the Brookings Institution, also finds Obama's approach dangerous … However, both candidates have little-noticed caveats on their withdrawal plans that they rarely if ever talk about on the campaign…

Feb 13, 2008 – Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain expressed optimism regarding his ability to unite the Republican Party, progress … Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.…

Feb 13, 2008 – One Republican presidential candidate we don't hear much about is former Reagan administration ambassador Alan Keyes, who yesterday … Check with mom That was Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. … candidates.…

Feb 13, 2008 – Intraparty squabbles are constant with regard to choosing presidential candidates. … The GOP isn't constructed to nominate conservative candidates. It is constructed to win. … It's the conservative base's responsibility to nominate conservative candidates. In 2008, the conservative base failed.…

Feb 13, 2008 – With the two Democratic candidates nearly tied in the number of delegates they’ve amassed, and the prospect of months more of ferocious … As the closely-matched battle continues to rage, and the Democratic leadership agonizes over what to do about seating the contested … Hillary would also find it difficult to use the Vice Presidency as a stepping stone to a future Presidential run.…

Feb 11, 2008 – Thanks to the Democratic Party's proportional representation, it is not easy to say a week later. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. … Was this presumed 20-point reversal caused by the Bradley Effect, which has worried Democratic leaders about Obama since he became … the stalemate for the party's presidential nomination.…

Feb 10, 2008 – But did you hear the news about the influential conservative who won’t be voting at all in this year’s presidential election? … Those who would now be quickly identified as “social conservatives” by both pundits and candidates alike, were often ignored back in … And he tried to keep these “new voters” in the Democratic fold during his re-election campaign of 1980.…

Feb 29, 2008 – When Hillary Clinton sensed her presidential hopes beginning to slip away, she turned to an attack on Barack Obama's rhetoric. … The construction of serious speeches forces candidates (or presidents) to grapple with their own beliefs, even when they don't write … Should he become the Democratic nominee, his own convention is likely to see hills and valleys of shrieking men and women.…

Feb 28, 2008 – It wasn’t buzz about any of the presidential candidates, and they all attended. … These groups are now divided by bickering inside the Democratic Party because of the nasty turn in the Obama vs. … McCain could trump the historic nature of a Democratic ticket with either Obama or Clinton by selecting Condi.…

Feb 27, 2008 – Nor will Americans ever vote for presidential candidates based on what the candidates have done for us already. … The overall lesson to take away from the Democratic primary season so far is that big charges against Obama backfire on the accuser…

Feb 27, 2008 – In contrast, the Democratic candidates' idea of supporting the troops is to deny them the victory they've sacrificed so much for in … But a close race tests presidential candidates in a way no easy victory could. … candidates is to make John McCain look even better.…

Feb 27, 2008 – The program would limit each presidential nominee's spending to $85 million in taxpayer-donated dollars between the August conventions … Both the Democratic and Republican nominees will opt out of public financing in the general election. … A system designed to free candidates from having to go hat in hand to Fat Cats to fund presidential campaigns can't free them from…

Feb 26, 2008 – The latest silly story in the campaign scrum involves a photo of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. … pronounce with much self-satisfaction that the cheesy media should concentrate on comparing the health care proposals of the candidates … (Obama refers to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's "half century of service to this country." Age-ism. Oops.…

Feb 25, 2008 – Maybe 300 people came on a Friday night to chat with each other, greet candidates, bid on tshatshkes placed on tables against the back … I reminded them that this is a 50-50 country and it was very likely that the Presidential election was going to come down to one or … the Democratic Party while still supporting the issue nearest and dearest - the environment.…

Feb 25, 2008 – It was sad, watching the two remaining contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination engage in a civil little sparring … I would rather have heard less from my colleagues in the ever-intrusive media and more from the candidates themselves. … But that civic duty seems to get harder every presidential year as television whittles away at our collective attention span.…

Feb 24, 2008 – The acceptable candidates in this category are whittled to a pencil point that can only scribe the name of Ronald Reagan. … If not, Hillary or Obama will win . . . depending on who gets the Democratic nomination. … She will be a pariah in the media, in the Democratic Party, and in the nation’s eye.…

Feb 23, 2008 – Rising to claim victory in the Wisconsin Republican primary before the networks could declare Barack Obama the winner on the Democratic … That camera switch may turn out to be the beginning of the end of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. … This is not, to say the least, the view of most Americans, including very many who regularly vote Democratic.…

Feb 23, 2008 – Not surprisingly, then, Dionne thinks conservative concerns over mere "extremism" are a political liability that Democratic presidential … candidates -- in their appeal to Americans bent on a leader "righting a jittery economy" and "rolling back extreme inequality" (did … That's why he wants Democratic candidates attacking McCain on it.…

Feb 22, 2008 – about the subject and acknowledged to another paper that he did in fact meet with the lobbyist in question regarding the 2000 presidential … Weaver or other Democratic support groups were aware of or end up taking advantage of the allegations concerning McCain, this story … Now we must wonder whether those who helped build McCain up will indirectly help powerful institutions, be they media or Democratic…

Feb 21, 2008 – You know the presidential race is in full rhetorical swing when candidates are rallying people against a dangerous enemy of America … You could substitute other Big Business names there, depending on the political climate, but this is the one today’s candidates are … Now the two Democratic contenders for president are running on that same warfare platform.…

Feb 21, 2008 – Such is the trivialization of today's Democratic presidential campaign. … Is this what the Democratic primary is about? Speech envy? … We judge our presidential candidates by their words and the way they convey them.…

Feb 20, 2008 – Black people who say Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama "is not black enough" likely are talking about his race-neutral … to affirmative action and other modern issues -- Obama's candidacy would not have been possible without Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential … "I could have comfortably supported any of the candidates that were running this year," he said.…

Mar 10, 2008 – While the race for the Democratic presidential nomination could go on till the convention or just mutual exhaustion, the Republicans … , they remain deeply revealing when it comes to the character of the candidates. … Only in comparison to the other candidates Tuesday night was he eloquent.…

Mar 10, 2008 – Every Democratic candidate and many of the Republicans at one time in the field, knew that in order to have any chance of winning the … truthfully, things have turned around in an unbelievable way there – the issue for McCain is whether or not it continues through this presidential … Were the other Republican candidates just that bad? Or is McCain just that good?…

Mar 9, 2008 – the matter that is far more moderate and reasonable, and far more hospitable to our free market economy, than those of his two Democratic … So what does all this confusion mean for our current presidential race? … But from there, the candidates diverge. Not surprisingly, Mrs.…