People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 a.m. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.

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

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

Loyalty isn't standing by someone when he's right - that's good judgment. Loyalty is standing by someone when he's wrong.

So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.

The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from.

The personal is political, but only to a point.