Fear is a natural response to threats; it is part of our biological legacy to have a "fight or flight" system. Emotional systems are targeted by political marketers seeking to manipulate voting behavior.

The people of South Carolina seem to be tired of hearing about this kind of thing. They might well consider adultery too juvenile to be a political issue.

If you were wondering what paranoiac smear artist would be the first to attempt to name Obama as the man who guided Hasan to his murderous rampage yesterday, the answer -- naturally! -- is Jerome Corsi.

It was Lenin, after all, who almost 100 years ago stated what has become the mantra of the angry Right and the deluded media nearly a century later: A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Media Matters has documented the way various media figures and partisan critics, confronted by the White House's attempts to do the things they were v...

No group in America would have more trouble adjusting to an Obama presidency than the Bush Liberals. Yes, there really is such a thing as a Bush Liberal. Let me explain.

The critical point is that it is easier to scare undecideds than uplift and inspire these same voters. The psychobiological study of fear demonstrates this.

Republicans are shooting from their helicopters at any Obama target in sight. And Bloomberg is another candidate who uses that helicopter of his to shoot down dissident voters.

Khalidi is a big-time professor. Which is to say that, until quite recently, he was someone most of us had never heard of. But then John McCain picked Professor Khalidi's new Halloween costume.

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

Before we arrive at the end of the Bush dark ride, let's make sure the Palin dark ride comes to a complete stop on Tuesday.

While he's at it, Obama should stop using the word "constitution" because a few people might think he means "prostitution" or "constipation."

In the new era of web-driven politics, nothing stays below the radar for long, which can pose a bigger problem for hypocritical and deceitful candidates.

GOP operatives don't foresee a massive infusion of money for ads against Obama. Photo: AP For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn't coming. Republic...

"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."

The cynical Democracidal maniacs who call themselves Republicans are waging the warfare of the cornered, the exposed, the desperate. And that means the most dangerous.

Instead of erupting in outrage and secretly dreading that a smear campaign will undo Barack Obama's lead in the polls, I return to the basics.

During this long election season, one of the things that the candidates have had to confront are smear merchants, peddling the most vicious and hatefu...

The suggestion that any ethnic group is treacherous and Anti-American is unacceptable, dangerous, and unbecoming of such a great nation.