Gov. Sarah Palin's approach is correct. ...more

October 12, 2008

It comes around every four years, all the sputtering to the effect that the political conventions are a big, noisy waste of time and money, muscling in on eight precious prime-time TV hours that would be better given to reality shows that, fake as they are, are still more real than the staged politics. ...more

August 30, 2008

Americans say they are weary of political polarization and pugnacity. If so, the current situation in presidential politics is unstable: The leading Democratic and Republican candidates, Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, are the most polarizing and pugnacious candidates, respectively. Hence Barack Obama and Mitt Romney might be stronger than national polls suggest. ...more

November 18, 2007