For days now, television viewers have watched Sarah Palin unable to explain the significance of her home state's bordering Russia, unable to name a Supreme Court ruling she disagrees with, unable to name a single newspaper she reads....

BUTTE, Mont., July 4 -- With Sen. John McCain taking the holiday off, Sen. Barack Obama wrapped up a week-long swing through Republican America swathed in the pageantry of a Fourth of July parade and family picnic, trying to mesh his theme of activist change with an emphasis on family and......

Yes, Jack Nicholson showed up after the Laker game, slightly hoarse, to honor his bud, Warren Beatty, at the 36th annual AFI Life Achievement fete. Count on Beatty, 71, to attract smarter-than-average tributes. "You drag me in with all these politicos," said Nicholson, who earned an Oscar nomination...

Pundits love the veepstakes. But they're mostly wrong....

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Senator Hillary Clinton has a point as it relates to the Michigan and Florida delegate-seating controversy. In fact, she probably has several points. Among them... Every vote should count. Michigan and Florida should be represented at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates ought to be seated ...

People inside our office (Rich Noyes) and outside (Ramesh Ponnuru at NRO) laughed at the thought that Hillary Clinton’s political position has descended to such a desperate valley that George McGovern -- the ultraliberal 1972 nominee that lost 49 states in a landslide to Richard Nixon -- was tell...

Tragic liberal presidential candidate George McGovern lost horribly to Richard Nixon in 1972 and then became an Elder Statesman and endorsed Hillary Clinton like all the other Elder Statesmen in 2007. But now it is 2008, so it is time for Hillary to go under the bus along with Tom Eagleton. George M...

Awright. Brutal honesty here: Much as I like the guy, Obama might be the next George McGovern. But Hillary Clinton is the next John Kerry. The next "enh" candidate most people can only get behind in the sense that, well, gosh, she's not Dubya. And John Kerry lost. Only four years ago. What's more, J...

Some events in a presidential campaign turn out to be so pivotal that they can end up influencing the outcome. Examples that come to mind include:...