It was almost a throwaway line in an interview with a London newspaper by a prominent British woman politician who has always shied away from excessive publicity But it said everything Until she stood down this week from Gordon Brown s Government Ruth Kelly was one of the most competent and eff

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In anticipation of the remaining presidential debates the editors of America have posted an online editorial with ten sets of questions about domestic politics for consideration by the moderators and participants The online editorial can be found here Matt Malone S J

One of the problems for John McCain is hellip baseball In the past two weeks the economic crisis has moved undecided voters towards Barack Obama McCain has one month to pull those voters back to undecided and then win them over It is a tall order under any circumstance But it is especially dif

Over at America a special Election Blog we are pleased to welcome John O Callaghan to our pages John is a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame Universaity and his first post can be read by clicking here Welcome John