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Voters in America are concrete, specific, and focused on the here and now by a margin of 3 to 1. To me, this has a real impact on the outcome of primary and Presidential races as candidates must speak in a way that resonates with those…

Ben Smith has a good column on McCain's bellicose response to Russia's invasion of Georgia. Even George W. Bush has shown more statesmanship here.‘Invasion of Georgia’—a ‘3 a.m. moment’When the North Caucasus slid into war Thursday night,…

I am sufficiently concerned about John McCain and his foreign policy creds to write a blurb about his anti-Russia rhetoric and its likely effect now that Russia is on a rampage in Georgia.My colleague Lisa Lerer, traveling with McCain,…

George W. Bush certainly has chutzpah. Ever the opportunist, he has taken advantage of high oil prices to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling. Americans continue to allow this President free reign and Congress as allowed him creeping…

Obama in his move to the center is increasingly alienating social Liberals/fiscal Conservatives like myself. He is either pandering to social conservatives or he actually believesthis stuff or both. The latest move that demonstrates his…

Count me in the crowd of Civil Libertarians who are perplexed by Barack Obama's move to the center and rejection of basic civil liberties. He has come out in favor of a bill on wiretapping proposed by the Bush Administration that gives…

Apparently the rumors are true, despite what McCain now says. He almost became a Democrat. Jake Tapper has uncovered the story which proves it, buried since 2006.Remember how McCain blew up at Elisabeth Bumiller when she asked him about…

I was reading Barron's 2008 Midyear 2008 Roundtable just yesterday when a comment by Marc Faber struck me. He said that Obama is "not going to be good for the market." He expects Barack Obama to win in November and for the investment…