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.

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

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.

A lot of Republicans are white Christians, but the Republican Party is reaching out to Hispanics, and reaching out to blacks, and reaching out to Asians.

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

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