Apr 23, 2008 – The timing of the papal visit, coincidental as that timing certainly was, makes a little clearer the debased state of democratic government … As if the almost unendurable length of the presidential campaign, and the squalor of the dialogue, such as it is, hadn't made that … We like the slanging of political candidates better than we like appeals to "self-surrender," gentleness and generosity of spirit?…

Apr 23, 2008 – On Sunday, April 13th, the Democratic Presidential candidates celebrated the Lord’s Day by participating in a “Compassion Summit”…

Apr 23, 2008 – One of the most surprising things about the presidential election four years ago is that the already unpopular war in Iraq was not … Yet, both Democratic candidates insist they will withdraw our troops. … If he can do that, the Democrats could lose a third straight presidential election.…

Apr 22, 2008 – Time was, not so long ago, when he was just one of several contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, along with Mitt Romney … This is all the more remarkable because, in the almost unanimous view of political observers, 2008 ought to be a "Democratic year." … Clinton and Obama are not instantly dismissible as presidential contenders, but both have obvious shortcomings.…

Apr 20, 2008 – Maybe if ABC had made the 26th Democratic presidential debate this election season drag on for another couple of hours (on top of … Wednesday, when the candidates described $200,000-a-year earners as middle class, no one batted an eye. Hello. … Like that's a bad thing in the formerly soak-the-rich Democratic Party.…

Apr 20, 2008 – The Democrats and Republicans, on the other hand, elect candidates every election day. … The Libertarians, however, have never even garnered a million votes for one of their candidates. … As different as the two candidates may be, in both cases they are extremely concerned with the erosion of civil liberties under the…

May 9, 2008 – The lines seem blurred when it comes to the media’s coverage of the land swap deals Republican presidential candidate John McCain has … It was even supported by Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano, and for good reason. … (Ruskin has, however, donated money to the Arizona Republican party and Senator Kyl, among other candidates.)…

May 9, 2008 – Barack Obama’s overwhelming win in North Carolina seems to have ended the lengthy Democratic presidential primary process. … Assuming Obama’s the nominee, there’ll be plenty of time in the months ahead to analyze a race between two candidates who are mirror … Every tax return contains a box asking if taxpayers want to contribute to the presidential election campaign fund.…

May 9, 2008 – WASHINGTON -- It's now virtually certain that Barack Obama will be the Democratic presidential nominee and Hillary Clinton will … Under the Democrats' proportional system, delegates are awarded among the candidates in direct proportion to the vote each receives … Last week, I asked the same question of veteran Democratic strategist Maria Cardona, who is also backing Hillary.…

May 8, 2008 – We are in one of the longest presidential campaigns in modern memory -- and haven't even started focusing on the general election. … That means Bush is not just a lame duck but an easy target for all three current candidates -- none of whom have any investment in … John McCain has distanced himself from Bush as much as he can, even as his Democratic opponents dub him John McBush -- when they are…

May 8, 2008 – The Republican Party, suffering from public disrepute, faces major Democratic gains in each house of Congress -- leaving the defeat … The new Republican consensus considered Obama the weaker of the two Democratic candidates. … Jeremiah Wright but also any identification of the Democratic presidential candidate as "liberal" or as an advocate of higher taxes…

May 7, 2008 – If there is one assumption about this presidential election shared by both Republican and Democratic strategists, it is that the election … may dissipate and thereby deny the Democrats the full power of their economic argument against John McCain and the Republican candidates…

May 7, 2008 – WASHINGTON -- Democrats are fast approaching the day of reckoning in the battle for their party's presidential nomination when they … But this time two candidates divide their party in a historic battle to nominate either the first woman or the first black man for … Ask former national chairman of Democratic National Committee Steve Grossman, a Hillary Clinton supporter who ran the party under Bill…

May 7, 2008 – The same goes for the Daedalian debate between Obama and Clinton over health care that consumed many of the early Democratic primaries … Presidential elections are not referendums on policy papers. … This is not to say that candidates should not offer details, but let’s do away with the charade that the dots on the “i” and the crosses…

May 6, 2008 – As a result, the major political candidates now have consultants to advise them on religious outreach to conservatives. … Since the 2004 election, over 10 percent of Evangelicals have switched parties, leaving the Republican for the Democratic Party. … They are prime candidates to embrace a less controversial and less demanding perspective and set of beliefs.…

May 6, 2008 – The Democratic impulse, in times of economic stress, is ever to pummel business just for standing there while voters are having hard … The conventional Democratic approach -- Democrats generally favor scowling at or socking business -- is to talk about investments in … The presidential candidates feel that pain exquisitely. They need tinier doctor's bags, that's all.…

May 5, 2008 – And what strange transformations are wrought by presidential primaries. … Candidates are often driven by their constituencies and the logic of their campaigns into unexpected places. … And in 2008, Hillary Clinton -- part of the McGovernite takeover of the Democratic Party -- is representing the Democrats' culturally…

May 4, 2008 – Frank O'Bannon, said that as Tuesday's primary approaches, the Democratic presidential campaign activity has reached such a frenzy … Both candidates came here with decidedly different odds. … People here are paying attention to both of the candidates and weighing their words.…

May 2, 2008 – This is the kind of Democratic contest that only a Republican could love. … The party's two surviving presidential candidates seem ever more determined to beat each other into submission, and both may succeed … comes out of nowhere to lead the race for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. And if Sen.…

Apr 30, 2008 – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama finally denounced Rev. … How deeply has one of America’s three leading presidential candidates been infected by paranoid radicalism?…

May 19, 2008 – Gun control has become so unpopular that not even the Democratic presidential candidates dare brag about their views.…

May 19, 2008 – parliament, to denounce those who would negotiate with "terrorists and radicals" — a remark many believed was aimed at the top Democratic … presidential candidate. … In the book, she poses questions you won't hear the candidates ask, like "why aren't our borders run like Disneyland?"…

May 18, 2008 – encourage Clinton to pack it in are heartening evidence that the novelty has worn off: The female candidate is like all other candidates … On several occasions presidential nominees have felt the need to choose as their running mates the persons who were their strongest … The "solid South" was no longer solidly Democratic -- in 1952 Dwight Eisenhower carried Virginia, Tennessee, Texas and Florida, and…

May 17, 2008 – What makes this presidential election different from all other presidential elections? … But Obama, like McCain, is not the consensus choice of a large majority of Democratic primary voters. … Finally, this election has been different because the most tested candidates didn't run the best campaigns.…

May 15, 2008 – Amazed by the dishonesty of the presidential candidates, The Washington Post's economics columnist lamented this week that "the candidates … Here all three remaining presidential candidates dwell in error. … There you have it: four public issues on which the presidential candidates spread only hot air.…