Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.

If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.

You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three.

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

This, of course, has no chance of passing. But then Tuesday night'€™s State of the Union address could be the first one in history deliberately designed solely to generate a Pavlovian rage response in members of the opposing party.

Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president.