Memories Of The Last Nine Years Have

Electoral Contests Have Nothing But Polls, Which Is Why People Have Grown So Obsessed With Them; We're Desperate For An Objective Rendering Of What Is Happening And What May Happen.

Is Victory Sweet Because Your Side Wins - Or Is It Really Because The Other Side Loses?

If You Want To Know Why Republicans And Conservatives Are In A Political Crisis, You Need Only Consider The Fact That The Right's Deeply Held View Now Boils Down To This: Taxes Should Not Go Up On The Wealthy, And Your Health Benefits Should Be Cut.

This Has Always Been The Way Of Presidential Politics. The President Rises Above The Fray While His Surrogates Go On The Attack. They Throw The Spears And Fling The Mud; He Sits Upon The Throne.

That Distinctive Presidential Conduct Is Now Gone Forever, Banished To The Snows Of Yesteryear By Barack Obama. From The Beginning Of His Presidency To The Present, He Has Spoken Specifically And In Unprecedented Fashion Of Republicans As His Rivals, His Stumbling Blocks, The Primary Cause Of His Troubles.