Like Rodney Dangerfield, this Congress doesn't get much respect. Americans rate it slightly above sludge, but below George Bush, the least admired president in the history of polling. Republicans chant about the "do-nothing Congress." But take another look. The reputation of the Congress would be very different had the Republican minority and George Bush not orchestrated a systematic campaign of obstruction to bottle up any progress.
I was the CBS News producer responsible for coverage of Goldwater's 1964 campaign when he and his aides maintained a steady barrage of complaints about their unfair coverage from "the Eastern Press Establishment."
Conservatives obviously don't get the irony of having their presidential nominee and wife billboarding militarism while standing next to an oil derrick.
The reason the McCain campaign is so worried is that the Olympics start in less than two weeks. The next big event after the Olympics? The Democratic National Convention.
Both of our leading presidential candidates are scrambling to enlist the "expertise" of the very folks who advocated the financial industry deregulations at the heart of this meltdown.
There is one program that has been on Sen. Steven for ages, tipped off by his notorious temper and propensity for saying whatever the hell he wants.
What angers John McCain and bemuses many traditional observers is how unflappable Barack Obama remains in public, no matter how condescending the attacks.
I don't see how there is any serious prospect for solving our energy security problem or our climate problem if the traditional media doesn't do any policing whatsoever of statements by major politicians.
If Obama wins, he will feel immense pressure to be fiscally responsible, tackle the deficit and put universal health care and economic regulation on hold. Just like Bill Clinton.
Welcome to the ethically challenged courtroom of Judge Mark Fuller, who waited 18 months before providing defendants with the trial transcript necessary before filing any appeal.
Three years after Hurricane Katrina washed homes from their foundations, ended lives and scattered families, the progress is, at best, erratic.
There's something suspicious about the results of the new USA Today/Gallup Poll: how does Gallup get from a 47-44 Obama lead among registered voters to a 49-45 McCain lead among likely voters?
Colbert's studio audience clapped to Keith's song, blithely unaware that they were swaying to a racially tinged, explicitly pro-lynching anthem that calls for the vigilante-style hanging of car thieves.
