This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

Americans are once again looking outward

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.

On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut plan, partly bankrolled, critics say, through cuts in many federal aid programs for children and education.

I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.