Gov. Sarah Palin denounced anonymous criticisms leveled at her by former John McCain aides as lies, including allegations that Republican lawyers were traveling to Alaska to reclaim her high-priced wardrobe and that she didn't know Africa was a continent. ...more

November 8, 2008

Sandy Goodman was deeply disappointed when Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get the Democratic nomination, then again when she was bypassed for the VP spot. So Goodman, a longtime Florida Democrat, flirted with thoughts of shunning Barack Obama, and perhaps even voting Republican. ...more

September 6, 2008

Stop Guilt By Association Why all the hubbub about Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter? If a candidate is guilty by association, then Obama should immediately excuse himself from the race for his relationships with some shady characters. Hillary, because of Bill's meanderings should never have considered the chase. ...more

September 5, 2008

Even Hillary Clinton critics are feeling a bit sorry for her these days. Barack Obama has moved on, and so has the campaign for the presidency. Recall a year ago when most people thought it would be the Republicans who would still be struggling to find a candidate and Hillary would be standing tall, waiting for her next foe. Things change a lot in a year. Obama has all but won, even if he technically hasn't wrapped up the Democratic nomination. He will, and there's little hope for Clinton. Where did it all go wrong? Most people agree that Clinton got waylaid by an Illinois twister. Few times in United States history has a political dynamo entered the scene. It happened when Abraham Lincoln ran for office, and again when John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert ran for the presidency. Since then, it's been fairly quiet. ...more

May 22, 2008

Last year Sen. John McCain was dead in the water as far as being nominated as the Republican candidate for president. ...more

May 2, 2008

John McCain's embrace from the Republican establishment, once hard to imagine, is nearly complete. ...more

February 16, 2008

Republicans do need to unite against the national party. Rush Limbaugh will make money regardless of who wins the presidency. After all, there are still senators and representatives putting bills on the table for the yet-to-be-named president to sign. ...more

February 8, 2008

Party Is The Problem Regarding "Attacks Heat Up At GOP Debate" (front page, Nov. 29): ...more

December 1, 2007

The Republican presidential primary front-runners, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, took a pounding from each other and their competitors on red meat GOP issues including immigration, gun control, crime and abortion in the CNN/YouTube presidential candidates debate at the Mahaffey Theater on Wednesday. ...more

November 29, 2007

There is no photograph of Satan, so we must improvise with what we have: Osama bin Laden. ...more

September 12, 2007