Andrew C. McCarthy says the Bush Doctrine is dead. That's been apparent for some time.

Various operatives working for his GOP rivals have tried to bring up Mitt Romney's Mormonism as a weapon against him. Each time, they have been forced to retreat. It is simply not politically correct to take aim at a candidate's religion. Eventually, the other campaigns will rely on outside groups to bring it up, which will be a frustratingly indirect way to get at him, so I expect more operatives will stumble all over themselves trying to use the issue. By the way, being a Mormon didn't seem to effect Romney's efforts as Governor of Massachusetts, so I don't see why it would make a difference if he became President (I suspect having been Governor of Massachusetts will have a greater negative effect on his campaign than his religion).

Here is a list of journalists who have made political contributions in recent years. Of course, the overwhelming majority contributed to Democrats, rather than Republicans.

John Zogby thinks New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a chance of winning if he decides to run for President as an independent. Historically, third party candidates have not fared well. I am keeping an open mind, however, until the Dems and the GOP choose their candidates, and until I find out what great idea or ideas Bloomberg will run on, if he runs.

Ralph Peters says we are finally trying to win the Iraq War. Unfortunately, the war was lost long ago here at home.

My WBZ colleague Paul Sullivan has decided to stop doing his nightly talk show. Here is the audio interview he did with morning anchor Ed Walsh. I have had the chance to fill-in for Paul a couple of times, and I have done the Steve Leveille broadcast as a fill-in numerous times, so I have had many conversations with Paul as we transitioned from the end of his show. His courage and sense of humor while facing cancer has been inspirational to all.