And that's the point, really. If captured alive, terrorists pose political problems for Obama. Where do we put them? How do we interrogate them? And, most pressingly, how do we try them? I don't think those are tough questions. But Obama does. So he prefers to kill these people outright, avoiding the questions altogether.

Never before has appointment of a press secretary begun immediately with a smear campaign by the opposite political party.

Because of the Libby trial, will there be less cooperation by public officials in future investigations?

Bush has brought his own signature style--nicknames--into the Oval Office.

President George W. Bush's appointment of Tony Snow as his press secretary brings a whole new element to the White House press office, and the Democrats are treating it as such.

If Bush appears vulnerable on terrorism, Democrats know that he can be brought down to earth, where political battles are fought.

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich unleashed a broadside Tuesday against the State Department for alleged diplomatic failures.

Americans see the military as the ultimate problem solvers and theysee politics as the enemy of problem-solving; how is the United States supposed to fight a political war in Afghanistan?