Barack seems like a nice guy, and we wish him the very best.

It's easy to see why Ted Kennedy would try to wrap Mr. Obama in the tattered mantle of his older brother, but is that a robe Mr. Obama should wear?

The only thing that gets a Congresscritter's attention is losing an election.

If he can't be the president, being one heartbeat away might be nearly as good. How does Obama-Kennedy for President sound?

Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.

Who needs a "first black president" who is actually white when you can have a "first black president" who really is black?

We gripe about bias in the mainstream media because freedom of the press is only meaningful if you happen to own a press, but enough people have presses to keep politicians on their toes.

Bush-bashers hate to admit it, but a smaller percentage of active-duty military personnel died during both Bush administrations than during the Reagan and Carter administrations.

Principals have be to able to fire teachers, or you can't run an effective school.

Some idealists suggest that election campaigns be paid for by the Treasury -- taxpayers would pay for campaigns intended to elect people we don't like. In fact, we DO have public campaign funding but nobody wants to admit it.