Come on down!
Though he remains a serious contender for the GOP nomination, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has become a favorite target of his fellow politicians, media pundits and late-night talk show...
View ArticleBut how will it play in Peoria?
Much is being made of the Kennedy family’s anointing of Barack Obama as the candidate best suited to follow in JFK’s footsteps. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who’s long since given up his dream of becoming the...
View ArticleIllegal immigration: How big an issue?
Outrage over the more liberal provisions of the bipartisan immigration bill put forward last year had everyone from Harry Reid to John McCain to George Bush running for cover. Yet here we are less than...
View ArticleAll aboard the Obama Express
Barack Obama’s presidential bid, viewed as little more than a freshman senator’s pipe dream just a year ago, is beginning to assume the air of inevitability. Unless the pollsters suffer another New...
View ArticleDebate season on hiatus
Won’t you miss those debates? For months now Republicans and Democrats have been slugging it out on live TV. And the ratings have been surprisingly good even when they’ve been aired on relatively...
View ArticleEnd of the road for Hillary?
We should know tonight. There are primaries in Vermont and Rhode Island, but all eyes will be on Texas and Ohio where the vast majority of delegate spots are at stake. Polls out this morning showed New...
View ArticleIt’s not over yet
With her victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island last night, it appears Hillary Clinton has kept her campaign alive at least through the start of spring. The primary in Pennsylvania, the next big...
View ArticleHow to spin it
The Barack Obama camp is spinning like mad today trying to put a happy face on Tuesday’s disappointing results. Here’s the e-mail that went out to supporters this morning, courtesy of a reader in...
View ArticleDems set to self-destruct — again?
George W. Bush won’t go down as one of the great American presidents, and he wasn’t exactly a formidable candidate either. So how did he win in 2000 and 2004? Well, he had a little help from the...
View ArticleGoing to Denver
There was an upset of sorts in Saturday’s caucus for the election of delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton at this summer Democratic National Convention in Denver. Female delegates are Salem Mayor Kim...
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