Has one of our two major parties ever had a weaker field of presidential candidates in a year when its prospects for victory seemed so great? My answer, after hemming and hawing a bit, was yes: the Democratic party in 1932. 

More troubling than WikiLeaks' latest revelation of US secrets is the Obama administration's weak, wrong-headed and erratic response. Clinton's inability to understand WikiLeaks' obsession with causing harm to the US is a major reason why the Obama administration has done little or nothing in response.

What makes a president great? Or a failure?

Senators who look in the mirror think they see the next president of the United States. History, however, has shown that the reflection is that of a losing candidate.

Senators are dominating the 2008 presidential campaign, but if you are a senator who passed up this race, there is always 2012.

Allan J. Lichtman's most recent book fails as a history of American Conservatism.

Trading in the past.

Senator Barack Obama shows why he is an inadequate candidate for the U.S. presidency.