Bush: Freeze domestic spending to pay for war
President Bush's 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday. Overall, the Bush…
Hillary, Barack try civility
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama struck a rare note of civility in their White House battle, uniting to observe that history was in the air as the Democrats vie to…
Super Tuesday: A not-so-super idea
The race among the states to have earlier contests in order to share in the attention the press and politicians lavish on Iowa and New Hampshire has given us Super…
Experience is more important than charisma
Voting for any candidate at any level requires a leap of faith and that is particularly the case in a presidential election, even when one has a strong party affiliation.…
Romney’s free ride on abortion
One of campaign 2008's mysteries is Mitt Romney's free ride from anti-abortion advocates. His anti-abortion declarations are eloquent, as is everything else the silver-tongued former Massachusetts governor utters. But, once…
Bush’s failed Presidency
President Bush is a forgotten man. Giving his last State of the Union speech, he was overshadowed by a tempest in a teapot. (Did Barack Obama snub Hillary Clinton or…
Negative campaigns: Yes and no
As is the case with beauty, wit and cuisine, negative politics occurs in the eye of the beholder, or in this case, the voter. The 2008 presidential campaign has turned rough,…
Not much sympathy for Rudy
In what used to be the shadow of the World Trade Center, it was hard to find much sympathy for former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as he exited…
