This week, longtime torture foe - and longtime forced resident of the Hanoi Hilton -- John McCain jettisoned his principles in pursuit of the presidency and voted against a bill banning torture. A day later, Mitt Romney, who famously boasted that he wanted to "double Guantanamo," jettisoned the venom he'd been spewing at McCain for months and offered him his endorsement. Suddenly brothers in broken arms. Romney, who less than three weeks ago was branding McCain "dishonest" and "a liberal Democrat," now hailed him as "a true American hero" and "the next president." It's amazing how fast campaign trail slugs turn into hugs in the name of party unity -- and a prime speaking slot at the national convention. And candidates wonder why voters have grown cynical?
This is the attention deficit disorder election. Everything is happening at warp speed. Everyone is bouncing around on the net and changing the channel. Everything is shifting so quickly there's almost no point in trying to keep up, but I'm trying.
After the democracy-snubbing arrogance of the Bush years, the last thing Democrats should be doing is wavering on our democratic principles.
Barack Obama's instinct for the moment and the times is orders of magnitude more powerful than the experience claimed by others. Experience in the old ways is irrelevant experience.
I hate to be the one to break up a love affair, but I can no longer stand idly by and watch the media and independent voters continue to throw themselves at the feet of John McCain.
She shouldn't just face her worst fear -- losing -- she should embrace it as fact, she should believe it's all over, the campaign is hopeless, she's going to be a mere senator for the rest of her life.
The most absurd moment in an absurd day on Capitol Hill came midway through the Clemens-McNamee tussle Wednesday, and it centered on the most absurd issue raised at the hearing.
The Hillary-Haters are in charge. They monopolize the networks, the newspapers, the talk shows -- both radio and TV. They are determined that a woman will not prove herself competent as Commander in Chief.
The siege mentality taking hold at the Clinton campaign has to be reaching Alamo-like proportions.
"Doug, my man, glad I caught you, buddy! You've had your voicemail on the past few days. Hillary and I have been worried sick." "I told you to stop calling me." "What? That's a fairy tale."
Sunday evening, everyone around the world will see that New Orleans is up and running and that it's a great place to visit. And for someone who calls Louisiana home, I couldn't be more proud.
Ben: Why do a book? Why not another television show, or a gross-out buddy comedy -- where the real money is? Karlin: Studies show that 1,400 people in this country still read books. It's important that I impress them. Ben: No other offers, eh?
A series of circumstances had brought me to the very moment when someone had to intervene to save Maharishi's life, and it was as if the universe had conspired to carry me to that moment.
