The personal is political, but only to a point.

Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president.

The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values.

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.

When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?

Half of me knows too much to be carefree. But the other half knows enough to be grateful.

The personal is political, but only to a point.