"The Big Sort" by Bill Bishop with Robert G. Cushing (Houghton Mifflin, $25) ...more

August 24, 2008

Wearing a flag lapel pin, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama emphasized his patriotism and support for a strong, humane military Monday, while New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton implored West Virginians to sustain her hopes of somehow denying him the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

May 13, 2008

What will it take to get Hillary Clinton to quit? ...more

May 11, 2008

What will it take to get Hillary Clinton to quit? Oh, that's right, quit isn't in the Clintons' vocabulary, and she insists she's staying on the campaign trail "until there's a nominee." Hello? Apparently, presidential campaigns on Planet Hillary work differently than those here on Earth. ...more

May 11, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama's problem winning votes from working-class whites is showing no sign of going away, and their impression of him since November has gotten worse. ...more

May 4, 2008