"It is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers."

Illegal immigrants HAVE NO CIVIL RIGHTS. In fact, legal immigrants have no civil rights. Just ask the dictionary...

Why would we even think about raising our already-high corporate taxes?

The problem for McCain is that he himself has depicted lobbyists as being the Devil Incarnate.

When politicians start looking at corporations with a greedy eye, it may sound appealing - but it's your pocket they'll be picking.

Barack Obama has made an original contribution to the debate over gun control.

Sometimes being a "maverick" isn't as glorious as one thinks it will be.

Anyone who thinks there is anything Americans cannot or will not do has lost faith in the American people, and is unfit to lead them.

The conservatives have rightly complained about the fiasco that was the CNN/YouTube debate, to say nothing of Chris Matthews' execrable moderating. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and it doesn't fit any better on that side.

Once again, lawbreakers get a nice fat Christmas present, while the longsuffering voters get "nothing but hooks and some wire."