As a columnist for The Hill newspaper who is in regular contact with major superdelegates in Congress, let me explain why there is near panic among the supers which I predict will lead to a major move to Obama fairly soon.

Setting aside motive for now, there is one mathematically...

Many talk about it, Senator Clinton ridicules it, but few have actually read it, so I post here the text of Barack Obama's speech in 2002 opposing the Iraq war.

I would simply note that his speech proved a sophisticated understanding of world affairs, a deep knowledge about military consequences...

Had Ralph Nader not run in 2000, President Al Gore would be finishing his second term. The Iraq war would never have happened, Abu Ghraib would have...

With the latest revelations of Clinton friends and close supporters...

The most likely outcome is that on March 5, Hillary Clinton withdraws from the presidential campaign and endorses Barack Obama.

At this moment, Senator Clinton has three options, two of which are acceptable, one of which would be disastrous for her and the Democratic Party.

In my view she should...

George Bush and Hillary Clinton both share a politics where they are disliked by large numbers of Americans and rather than try to get their numbers up, they are reduced to trying to get their opponent's numbers down.

Hillary Clinton entered this campaign with about 45-46% of Americans who would...

Would Senator Clinton propose we cancel the primaries, the caucuses and the...

There are two obvious standards for inclusion versus exclusion in debate, first the number of real voters in a real state vote, and second the amount of real money...

I predict that Ron Paul supporters will launch a major boycott of Fox News, which will then be supported by many progressive Democrats, if Fox News shamefully excludes Paul from the upcoming New Hampshire primary debate.

Maybe Democrats should invite Ron Paul to an upcoming Democratic debate to give...

You read it here first: after Iowa and New Hampshire the pundits will proclaim 2008 The Year Of The Political Independent that will advantage Barack Obama and John McCain, and disadvantage Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney.

The great realignment is at hand, and it is anti-Washington, anti-establishment, and anti-Bush...

Upon reflection, the Washington Post editorial page, which has supported Bush...

By contrast, Democrats in Washington have a life crisis, consult an army of pollsters, and have...

Let's give credit where it is due. Joe Biden has been light years ahead of all presidential candidates in both parties, warning about Pakistan for years, being the only candidate to seriously raise the issue in the debates.

My hope for Iowa is that Obama and Edwards make a caucus...

No one has been a stronger supporter of Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson than I have, having been one of the original writers of the CIA Identities Protection Act, and someone who believes not only that Valerie was wronged, but that those who committed the wrong committed grave acts that...

The grandparents of America are one of the largest untapped voting and consuming blocks that is rising to 70 to 80 million people who view many separate issues with one great common interest: the love of their grandchildren and all grandchildren.

As the holiday season arrives, grandparents are looking to...

Can we agree that there is something very poisonous and wrong with the state of the union when our finest leaders chose not to seek the highest office in our land, even at a time of danger and crisis, while 70% of the nation has lost all confidence in virtually...

Imagine being George Herbert Walker Bush this weekend.

While he watches the world honor Al Gore for the Nobel Peace Prize, George H.W. Bush watches countless replays that make him look ridiculous, waving his arms and calling Gore the Ozone Man.

Then he watches the evening news, when a retired...

It is the war of the worlds.

As Al Gore is honored with the Nobel Peace Prize, George Bush and Dick Cheney appear to be pushing on all levels for a new war, with Iran. Not a day goes by without some political or public relations push for an...

Never before in my memory have the man, the moment and magic come together so perfectly and profoundly as Al Gore for President in 2008.

This is written after the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize has been chosen before it has been announced, and while my hope is...

In an upcoming 60 Minutes Bruce Springsteen will advance a profound debate about the true nature of Americanism.

It is time for progressives to light up the sky with patriotism, to rewrite the rules of our current debates, to rekindle that timeless spirit that has made America America for more...