I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article revises the title song of the movie, Urban Cowboy, to "Looking for better health [rather than either "love" or "love of equality"] in all the wrong places.

Next month's thirty-seven gubernatorial elections are not looking promising for the Obama Democrats.

How George W. Bush acquired and spent political capital--but then lost it irretrievably--defines his legacy.

Governor is an important qualification for the presidency; it means you have been running something.

Bush should not adopt bipartisanship as a dominant strategy, but he has a history of working across the aisle that would be valuable for him to recall.

Because women make up more than half of the electorate and because they have been voting at higher rates than men since 1980, press commentary has focused on women.

Bush believes in the vague theory of compassionate conservatism, but what matters is he's beating Gore in all the polls.

It now appears likely that much of the 1996 presidential race will be fought on traditional class-warfare turf.