Many Democrats are worried that if Hillary Clinton wins both Ohio and Texas tonight the race for the nomination could go on all the way until the final caucuses in Puerto Rico on June 7 where the last of the 67 pledged delegates will be awarded Well I just got back from a week in Puerto Rico an

Here at America we have been talking about the central role white ethnic Catholics will play in the election for over a year They are the quintessential swing voters pulled towards the Democrats on economic issues pulled towards the GOP on social issues The fastest growing demographic in the

No matter who wins the Democratic nomination he or she will be facing a decorated war hero former prisoner-of-war son and grandson of admirals who speaks with such fluency and emotion when discussing the U S military that he virtually owns the issue Neither Obama nor Clinton can match John Mc

As a liberal Catholic there is a side of me that delights when conservatives are mauling each other in the press I know it is a sin but it is such a delicious sin and far from my most grievous But the recent intellectual scuffle between legal scholar Doug Kmiec and former Crisis magazine editor

Whatever you think of Barack Obama the guy has got game Three times within the first 32 minutes of his debate with Hillary Clinton last night Obama found a new way to say As the President of the United States I will After Tim Russert obnoxiously tried to pin down Clinton on a pledge to wit

It was difficult to greet the news that Ralph Nader is again making a bid for the presidency with anything but disdain His egotism alone justifies the stance The consequence of that egotism in 2000 is icing on the cake I invite all responsible journalists to join in pledging to refuse to mention

As the Democratic campaign grows increasingly acrimonious with charges and counter-charges over campaign tactics the debate tonight in Ohio is the best chance Hillary Rodham Clinton has to stall Obama s momentum All weekend she launched a series of increasingly aggravated attacks holding up a

While we at America were having trouble with our server we began a Veepstakes wherein I suggested that Sen Jim Webb would be a great vice-presidential candidate for Barack Obama I invited readers to send other suggestions to veepstakes aol com I have received a few replies and will discuss the

Psychology for Losing There are two times when a political campaign is in most danger of making critical mistakes: first, when a campaign stalls, threatening to go into a tailspin and, second, when a campaign clears a tough hurdle and its self-congratulory sentiments divert it from the next task at

Psychology for Losing There are two times when a political campaign is in most danger of making critical mistakes: first, when a campaign stalls, threatening to go into a tailspin and, second, when a campaign clears a tough hurdle and its self-congratulory sentiments divert it from the next task at