I cant begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting.

But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious misconduct, you don't wait until the Thursday before the Tuesday. You run it early.

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.

Everybody knows I'm a Democrat.

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