Martha Coakley had barely conceded when Rahm Emanuel publicly lashed out at her, her pollster, Celinda Lake, and Emily's List. (BTW, does anyone remember the same kind of tongue lashing when the male candidates, who, as I recall, were not described as great by anyone, and their male consultants lost...

Driving across the country the last three weeks meant rarely hearing punditry. On occasion I scanned the New York Times and Washington Post on line. Small town papers became my news staple. Conversations along the way opened doors into lives outside the Beltway. Home now, I discover that pundit focus,...

I am rethinking my attitude toward the President and health care. I have been quick to criticize him, and he alone, for ceding his principles, first to bi-partisanship and then to bi-ideology (that is, reaching way beyond the responsible right). I no longer think he should be singled out.