Is Harry Reid the Democrats' Trent Lott?

While the media has focused on the rise of the Tea Party movement and the success of conservative insurgents in GOP primaries, there is a quiet insurgency taking place under the radar of more moderate Republicans for whom fiscal discipline is not a top priority.

As the presidential race approaches its fall phase, intensified by excitement over vice presidential selections and upcoming party conventions, the media are focusing on the horse race and honing in on missteps—public and private—by both candidates. What substantive coverage there is tends to look at the fine details of the...

As the presidential race approaches its fall phase, intensified by excitement over vice presidential selections and upcoming party conventions, the media are focusing on the horse race and honing in on missteps—public and private—by both candidates. What substantive coverage there is tends to look at the fine details of the...

David Frum on Trent Lott's decision to resign from the Senate.

In the Mississippi Senate race, Ronnie Musgrove might benefit from the Obama turnout effect, but not all is dim for Roger Wicker.

Vulnerable incumbents like to tout their clout. This campaign season, they will ask voters: "Do you want to lose all of my power and seniority and be stuck with an ineffective freshman?"

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) recently called for reinstating the draft, but the public isn't enthusiastic.