The crowd at the Fox News/Wall Street Journal debate in Myrtle Beach was feisty, with whoops and cheers for Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry, though not so much for Ron Paul. 

Amid the pre-Jan. 3 buzz, it's worth remembering that Republicans in most states, for better or worse, haven't been doing much in the way of following Iowa's lead in selecting a GOP presidential nominee.

The 2008 presidential campaign most closely resembles the race between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter back in 1976.

Although Hillary Clinton is the leading Democratic presidential candidate, her success depends on her husband's willingness to help her.

The assumption that conservatives are racist is badly flawed, and relies on a long outdated notion of intolerance as part of the conservative ideology.

Wecan soon expect to hear about the "dirty" campaign of 2004 andthe rise of liberal mistrust of the media, one of the most important ideological phenomena of the past four years.

There is something radically different aboutthe 2000presidential campaign.

The 2000 presidential primaries include two GOP contests--one to pick the candidate of the mainstream Republicans, the other to choose the leader of the movement conservatives.