Byron York thinks the Obama repudiation of Reverend Wright is not enough to stop the political bleeding.

Heather MacDonald see the remarks of Reverend Wright as part of a poisonous, Afrocentric intellectual tradition.

On the other hand, some white leftists still don't get it. It doesn't matter whether or not some of Reverend Wright's views seem reasonable to some white intellectuals. What matters is whether or not his lunatic, racist views will stick to Obama when white, working class voters cast their ballots.

Michael Gerson wonders if our policy makers understand how important it is to win the war on all three fronts.

Robert J. Samuelson reminds us that the United States is the third largest producer of oil, behind only Saudi Arabia and Russia. Yet we import an ever larger share of the black gold. There is evidence that we could domestically produce a much larger amount of oil (and natural gas), but we need to start drilling. Amen, brother.

Shell and BP post record earnings. With oil prices continuing to rise, expect this trend to continue.

OPEC representatives say oil could hit $200 a barrel.

While the price goes up, the supply does not. Here is an explanation as to why.

The bottom line? Demand continues to increase due to the growing economies in places like China and India. Combined with the weakness of the dollar, it seems as if the era of high oil prices is likely to stay with us for some time.

Most newspapers suffer declines in circulation, some worse than others.

Jeremiah Wright's visit to the National Press Club was, in part, arranged by a Clinton supporter. That leads one New York columnist to speculate that it might be a political dirty trick.

George Will believes Wright is relevant to the campaign.

Bob Herbert recognizes that Wright's increased visibility darkens the path to the White House for Obama. Meanwhile, Obama tries to distance himself from Wright.

Andrew Sullivan, after reviewing what Wright actually said at the Press Club, now thinks Obama needs to completely repudiate him.

As I have written before, the significance of Wright's sermons, and his subsequent remarks, is that Barack Obama has sat in his church for almost twenty years, has described Wright as his spiritual mentor, was married by him, had his children baptised by him. It is simply unreasonable to believe that Wright's most racist and anti-Semitic views are of recent origin. it is simply unreasonable to believe that Barack Obama did not know of those views. Therefore, either Obama agrees with some or all of those views, is tolerant of those views as reasonable, or sat in that pew as a purely political act, despite his understanding of the virulent, hateful and, in some instances, the downright lunatic nature of some of those views. Whole segments of the American voting public are being written off by this association unless Obama completely repudiates it. Even then, the damage may already be irreparable.

David Brooks has some thoughts on how our current political divisions are being driven by demography.

Could Chris Mathews run for U.S. Senate?

The Supreme Court upholds a law requiring a photo ID to vote.

One doctor explains why health insurance is hurting primary medical care.

One Brit describes how America, a place awash in guns, is so much more peaceful than his native England, which has some of the toughest gun control laws in the world.

The Reverend Wright is heard from once again. Somehow, I think the greater his visibility, the more harm is done to Obama, at least among certain constituencies.

Tourism is down in NH after the fall of the Old Man of the Mountain.

Miley Cyrus is embarrassed.

Hillary gets no respect.

Every time I see a story that seems to give me hope that the GOP may not be swept away this November, I see another story, like this one, that tells me the deluge is coming.

A sign of a possible permanent settlement of differences among Iraqis?

A bunch of self-described life-long Indiana Republicans say they will vote for Clinton or Obama. Hmmm. Republicans? Maybe. Conservatives? No.

Michael Hirsh has an interesting theory about how the South won the Civil War, after all.

Joy Page, who played the beautiful, young Bulgarian newlywed who seeks Mr. Rick's help in the classic film Casablanca, has died.

The editors of The Wall St. Journal take John McCain, and other politicians, to task for their pandering on global warming and the gas tax.

Michael Barone says Hillary Clinton now has the edge in the popular vote, and may be the leader at the end of the process, which would change the calculus of the superdelegates.

Many Democrats fear that the increasingly bitter tone of the campaign may result in an irreparable racial divide.

A defense of Congressional earmarks.

How we'll know when we've won in Iraq.

From Maclean's, an article about why Israel cannot survive as a Jewish democracy.

In Pakistan, the extremists may be about to win a significant victory.

Is it time to stock up on non-perishable food items? Brett Arends thinks so.

Peggy Noonan has some interesting thoughts about what Americans are thinking as they watch the Presidential race unfold.

An eyewitness account as to what is happening on the ground in Iraq's second largest city.

Charles Krauthammer says the issues surrounding Obama are not "distractions".

The U.S. Army saddled with an inferior rifle?

Victor Davis Hanson continues on his McGovern theme concerning Barack Obama.

The reason this theme has resonance is because people who spend time thinking about the behavior of American voters (like Hanson) are beginning to realize (some have known for some time) that Barack Obama is a weak candidate. I, for one, thought he would be a strong candidate based on his ability to generate voter enthusiasm, especially among the young and those previously estranged from the process. But, increasingly, it seems Obama is weaker than I initially thought and, perhaps, is so weak that he cannot win. Why?

First, while we have come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, race still matters. Here is an analysis of that issue in The New York Times (significant because it now brings into polite conversation what had only been whispered about behind the scenes). (The Times mitigates against the damaging effect of that article with this one that seems to argue that perhaps Obama's weakness in swing states isn't so bad, after all). Anatole Kaletsky, writing in The Times of London, while making his discomfort plain, also says race matters. Bob Novak argues, as he has in the past, that the Bradley Effect on polls is masking the depth of Obama's problem. Observers like them (and I agree) believe that the reluctance of older, White voters to vote for Obama, driven in part by the fact that he is an African-American, but also by his youth, his relative inexperience, his choice of a church and a pastor, and a McGovern-like political posture on the issues, is a stubborn fact that won't go away. It may mean that Obama will not only not be able to win ANY Southern states, but may have trouble winning in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Second, the Democrats are returning to the divisions of the past, as pointed out by Harold Meyerson in this piece. I would argue that, as a party based on identity politics, this was inevitable. When people are encouraged to think of themselves primarily as members of racial and/or ethnic groups, or on the basis of class distinctions, that can be advantageous under certain circumstances in driving voters toward a particular candidate but, as we are seeing today, it can also create division and bitterness.

Third, as David Broder points out, the longer the contest goes on, the more bitter the divisions, the greater the disappointment for the followers of the losing candidate, and the more time and space the GOP has to build it's campaign behind John McCain.

In what should be a great year for the Democrats, the stars continue to align for John McCain and the GOP.

Ralph Peters thinks Secretary of Defense Gates hit a grand slam by nominating Generals like Petraeus and Odierno for promotion. The Wall St. Journal seconds that notion. I agree. Like Lincoln, George W. Bush has finally gotten the generals he needs to win the war. If, in November, the American people elect a President committed to winning, then those generals will be in place to make it happen.

The C.I.A is set to reveal that a videotape made at a secret Syrian nuclear facility shows North Korean engineers working on the site, which was eventually bombed by the Israelis.

Rich Lowry links the practice of polygamy to authoritarian cultures.

Congressman Eric Cantor says Jimmy Carter is wrong to embrace Hamas. Meanwhile, it appears that Hamas did not promise to recognize Israel, after all.

Did the ancient Egyptians know how to make and pour concrete?

Rising food prices lead to spot shortages here in the U.S. and an even bigger problem in Japan.

Michael Barone describes the history and electoral composition of Pennsylvania on the day of that state's primary. The latest polls show Clinton in the lead. Richard Cohen says Clinton's problem is she would not be able to restore an image of honesty and trustworthiness to the Presidency, as McCain and Obama would.

Jay Cost says the long Democratic presidential campaign may not be as damaging as some would have us believe.

More waivers for folks with criminal records as the Army and Marine Corps try to fill their ranks.

At least one person thinks that Moqtada al Sadr is losing in Iraq.

Jack Dunphy highlights two problems facing the people of Los Angeles and the men and women of the LAPD. The first is the issue of criminal, illegal immigrant gang members, the second is the rising tide of violence between young Hispanics and Blacks, some gang-related, some not.

A member of the editorial board of The Washington Post weighs in on the efforts by the people of Arizona, and their elected leaders, to deal with the problems caused by illegal immigration, and the problems caused by efforts to curtail it.

Bob Novak asks a good question, "what's the matter with Obama?"

Bill Kristol compares the Passover statements from each Presidential campaign.

Tomorrow, the people of Pennsylvania go to the polls in the Democratic Presidential primary in that state. 158 delegates will be awarded proportionally, 103 based on congressional districts, and 55 based on the statewide vote. The RealClearPolitics average of recent polls in Pennsylvania puts Hillary in the lead by 6.3%. In my opinion, she needs to win by a much larger margin to bolster her case that she deserves the nomination based on the electability issue.

An analysis of the delegate math, in agreement with all the others I have seen, shows that Clinton will not catch Obama.

Bob Herbert sees the long, drawn-out fight between Clinton and Obama as just one of the factors that could make up a road map for defeat for the Democrats.

More distress in the newspaper industry as The New York Times posts a loss. Advertising revenue continues to decline as more and more people choose the Internet as a less expensive alternative. Circulation is also declining in the business across-the-board as young people do not pick up the newspaper reading habit (at least not the paper and ink version). Unfortunately for those young people (and the rest of us) who do read the online versions of these newspapers, the infrastructure that allows the creation of that content will inevitably fall apart as the revenue stream which holds them up lessens to a trickle. Unless online advertising makes up the difference, many great newspapers are going to either fold, or transform themselves into something completely different.

Mark Steyn thinks that it is "God and Guns" that truly makes America different, and better, than Europe.

Afghan commandos begin to make their mark in the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

McCain closes the gap with his Democratic rivals according to some new polling data.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton continues to lead Barack Obama in Pennsylvania (although not by a lot) and in Indiana, while Obama leads in North Carolina. Unfortunately for Clinton, another former cabinet member from her husband's administration, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, will reportedly endorse Obama later today. This latest defection is just more evidence of what I (and many others) have been saying for the last month or so, that Democratic party leaders, most of whom are superdelegates, will not allow Clinton to snatch the nomination away from a charismatic, intelligent, African-American. To do so would be to cause anger and disillusion among the party's most loyal block of voters, and would dash the hopes of millions of young people who have been attracted to the party by Obama. Those party leaders are not going to let that happen, despite any misgivings they may now have about Obama's potential weaknesses when facing McCain in the Fall.

Charles Krauthammer has some recommendations on a policy for the new world of rogue nuclear states.

Last night's debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on ABC is generating a lot of comment, both good and bad.

Tom Shales says the big loser was ABC. David Brooks disagrees, giving ABC and A for their efforts.

Nicholas Kristof thinks the debate will simply harden hearts on both sides, and his argument is very persuasive.

On a related matter, Harry Stein writes about ballot initiatives that would end racial preferences. These initiatives could help the GOP win several states in November.

I disagree with the premise of this piece, but I love the picture.

Delta and Northwest have reached a merger agreement. Expect some serious wrangling over this one.

The typical unwed mother is not a teen, according to a new study. Another indication that marriage as an institution continues to weaken.

U.S. and Iran holding secret, back channel talks. I guess they aren't very secret now, are they?

Italy goes back to Berlusconi. The really significant news in this election is the evolution of the political system there toward greater stability with the winnowing down of the number of parties, although the divide between North and South continues to be a problem.

More evidence of a recession, as retailers start to fall by the wayside.

Some positive electoral math for John McCain.

Experts predict "the big one" will rock Southern California sometime within the next 30 years.

Like a lot of other Liberals, E.J. Dionne is frustrated by the tone of the Democratic presidential campaign so far.

Like a lot of other Conservatives, George Will finds the comparison between Obama and Adlai Stevenson an instructive exercise.

David Brooks finds a recent economic speech by Obama to be a speech about nothing.

Michael Rubin compares the current situation in Turkey to that of Iran in 1979. That is not a comparison that I need to contemplate so soon after eating my breakfast.

One Pennsylvania native thinks Obama's slight of rural Americans is a big-time error. Bill Kristol thinks the mask has slipped off Obama's carefully crafted public image. It just adds weight to the case the Clintons are making, although this piece from Politico reveals that the Clintons have more they wish they could say about Obama, but are holding back.

The recent flap just confirms an impression that has already been gaining strength inside my head as I think about the election. Obama came onto the scene as a fresh face, with great oratorical strength and a campaign theme designed to inspire people, especially the young and disaffected. His very being seemed to promise relief from the seemingly intractable problems facing the country in 2008. He would walk into the White House and, instantly, problems would disappear. Our popularity in the rest of the world would soar, our troops would come home, health care would be more affordable, and poisonous partisan politics would become less so. But as the campaign has dragged on Obama has, inevitably, come into focus as a flawed human being. He is a politician from Chicago (with friends like Rezko, a sweetheart land deal, and a Black nationalist pastor who believes the government created AIDS to kill Black people). He is an elitist from Harvard (who thinks rural folks embrace guns and religion as a response to their fear). He is an inexperienced public servant with only one term in the U.S. Senate and a brief career prior to that as a State Senator from Illinois. Over time, what will also come into focus is that we are at war (our enemies will find a way to remind us of that sometime between now and November, I am sure), we have no good options in Iraq, the Iranians are developing nukes, no President can stop a recession, and there is no consensus on how to improve our health care system or our immigration problems, and the list goes on. In sum, reality intrudes. Thus, it appears that we will have another reality election. It still bodes poorly for the GOP, as the voters have a tendency to throw out the party in power when times seem bad. But, if national security is still a major issue, John McCain has a fighting chance.

More evidence that we are already in a recession, as GE earnings drop.

Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin at Politico examine some remarks made at a San Francisco fundraiser by Barack Obama that seem disparaging toward rural, white voters. From Smith, here is what they are referring to...

You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Ann Althouse has some thoughts on the remarks.

At first blush, it seems to me that the remarks representative typical Liberal intellectual thought about socially conservative rural voters. Liberals cannot understand why these voters cannot see that they are voting against their interests by supporting Republicans based on issues like abortion or gun control, instead of economic issues. Of course, Obama throws in anti-trade as an issue despite the fact that he panders to that belief, and antipathy toward people who are not like them, despite the fact that he has as his personal pastor a man who spews racist hatred from the pulpit. The statement also represents a political tone-deafness that makes the comparison with another intellectual from Illinois who ran for President, Adlai Stevenson, appropriate.

So, once again those evil Republicans in Massachusetts are raising regressive taxes that impact the poor to lower taxes for business owners....uh....oh...sorry...that's right, the Democrats run the show in the Bay State.

If, like me, you watched the Red Sox home opener the other day, you may have noticed the acrobatic maneuver during the flyover by members of the Vermont Air National Guard. I thought the Green Mountain Boys had come up with something special, but it turns out the pilot who executed the roll to return to formation did so without authorization, so he has been grounded. Oops.

Is that a naked woman in Dick Cheney's sunglasses? Take a look. You decide.

Although it's been more than 20 years since it happened to me, but I still remember the trip to Basic Training. For some recruits trying to get to their training posts these last few days, they'll have even more reason to remember the experience.

Here is one explanation for why all the recent anti-Iraq War movies have bombed at the box office. Mine is a little simpler. Hollywood leftists believe Americans, especially American soldiers and their leaders, are the bad guys (or, if not the bad guys, then people who have been duped by the bad guys, or are self-deluded). Therefore, they portray them as such. The audience, which believes American soldiers (if not their leaders) are the good guys, prefer not to see them portrayed in a negative light. Should Hollywood decide to make an Iraq War movie where the American soldiers are unquestionably the good guys (and the al Qaeda insurgents are unquestionably the bad guys), they might actually attract an audience.

Here is the best column of the day, by Charles Krauthammer. I have long believed that military action against Iran is not in the best interests of the United States under any circumstances other than a direct attack by Iran against the U.S. or our allies. Therefore, it is unlikely that we will be able to prevent the Iranians from acquiring nuclear weapons. Krauthammer also believes that is the case. Thus, Krauthammer concludes that the U.S. government should have as it's official policy toward a nuclear-armed Iran a policy of nuclear deterrence similar to that used successfully against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and that the nuclear umbrella should be used to cover Israel, as it was used to cover Europe during those days. Krauthammer writes...

How to create deterrence? The way John Kennedy did during the Cuban missile crisis. President Bush's greatest contribution to nuclear peace would be to issue the following declaration, adopting Kennedy's language while changing the names of the miscreants:

"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear attack upon Israel by Iran, or originating in Iran, as an attack by Iran on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon Iran."

This should be followed with a simple explanation: "As a beacon of tolerance and as leader of the free world, the United States will not permit a second Holocaust to be perpetrated upon the Jewish people."

Count me as one American in favor of such a policy.

Clifford May says if we need to fight the Islamists for 100 years, that is a better alternative than to lose to them.

Michael Ledeen says talking to the Iranian Mullahs is a waste of time.

Nancy Pelosi blocks a trade deal with Colombia.

Airline travel is bad, and getting worse, as more delays and cancellations loom. The airline industry is also being battered by rising fuel costs, and pilots are finding it to be a more difficult career choice. The Delta flight attendants that I talk to on my weekly ride to and from New York aren't very optimistic about the way things are going, and some of the more senior attendants have been offered a buyout package. Perhaps some consolidation will improve the situation (Delta is talking with Northwest about just such a possibility), but I suspect not. The airlines do not compete with each other on a level playing field so that when they face an unavoidable cost increase, like rising fuel prices, that hits every carrier equally, they cannot respond by raising prices. Legacy carriers tried to do just that, but newer low-cost carriers didn't go along, so those price increases didn't last long. The industry is imbalanced due to this mixture of legacy carriers, holdovers from a more regulated era, and low-cost carriers that sprang up since deregulation, and an infrastructure that is made up of mostly government-run airports and a government-run air traffic system. It just won't work, no matter how you slice it.

Chuck Todd says John McCain has a path to victory, but needs to know who he will face, sooner rather than later.

Lanny Davis says Obama's minister problem won't go away. I think he is right.

Dick Morris, analyzing some poll numbers, says Obama's weakness is weakness.

Bill Kristol has a conversation with the President.

According to ABC News, the soldiers fighting in Iraq support Obama for President. Somehow, I I think their sample might not be entirely representative of the military as a whole.

Iran begins installing new centrifuges to process uranium. While the world dithers, the Iranians march on.

Frederick W. Kagan examines the consequences of defeat in Iraq.

Biographers who have reviewed the script of Oliver Stone's new biopic of President Bush find some inaccuracies. I'm shocked, shocked.

More obstacles for the construction of a border fence. This time, it might be the Constitution.

With General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker set to testify before Congress today, the New York Times had some op-ed contributors formulate questions that might be put to them. Andrew Bacevich is concerned about the state of our military, and Max Hastings wonders about Iran. Meanwhile, David Brooks has some insight on what is working in Iraq.

The Wall Street Journal's editorial is about the Petraeus effect.

Pat Buchanan has this critique of John McCain's proposed foreign policy.

Eugene Robinson would love it if Condi Rice were to be the Vice-Presidential nominee for the GOP.

Ralph Peters believes the latest fighting in Iraq is indicative of the Iraqi government stepping up to the plate, which is something critics here in the U.S. have wanted for some time. The most significant thing to come out of the recent fighting in Basra and elsewhere is that the leaders of the Iraqi government have decided that the time has come to rid themselves of these unlawful, private militias, especially the Mahdi Army of Moqtada al Sadr. If they are able to disarm that militia (or destroy it), they will have gone a long way toward establishing the rule of law in Iraq.

Bill Kristol has these thoughts on the shape of the upcoming general election battle for President. I share the pessimism he finds in Conservative ranks, but also the glimmer of hope that Obama might be found wanting when he faces the pressure of a campaign against McCain.

Another story on how hard it is to save money in the Medicare program.

The Olympic flame is snuffed in Paris.

Henry Kissinger believes we need a real debate on a foreign policy that recognizes the changes going on in the international order. Of course, such a debate won't happen.

Jackson Diehl believes the only road map in the Middle East right now is the one leading to a war in Gaza. I think he is quite right.

Another great film star has passed away. Charlton Heston is dead at age 83. He will live on as long as films like Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments still have an audience.

The public image of the Olympics continue to take a hit as every public event is marred by some protest or other (quite justifiable, in my view). The latest fiasco is the Olympic Torch procession through London. The people who run the Olympics should have realized that by awarding the games to China, they would be awarding the "butchers of Beijing" who run that country. Thus, it is not surprising that people who oppose their authoritarian practices, especially their efforts at crushing dissent in Tibet, are finding plenty of opportunities to bring their grievances to light by assailing the activities surrounding the Olympics.

Could a new, superfast network replace the Internet? So let it be written, so let it be done.

Is she a cylon, or not? If you can't wait to have that question answered, go here.

Once more around the block for the New Kids (of course, they're not really kids anymore).

A former Clintonista backs Obama.

Why did Dave Marash quit Al Jazeera? Because they are anti-American. Duh.

Sean Connery keeps up the fight for Scottish independence.

Absolut feeds the reconquista fantasy. I don't think it will help their sales north of the border, though.

Michael Hirsh sees a silver lining in the recent Iraqi Army offensive in Basra.

Gail Collins says White Guys are back.

Another examination of some of the problems created by the new mandatory health coverage law in Massachusetts.

Mark Steyn says it is looking like last call for Hillary.

John Baer says Obama might win in Pennsylvania. If he is right, it is definitely last call for Hillary.

Dick Morris thinks Hillary's mistake was underestimating our intelligence.

A couple of legal scholars think that the Iraq War has an expiration date.

Fred Barnes thinks the Democrats have a patriotism problem.

The Kagans have an updated analysis of what happened in Basra.

A new poll says 81% of Americans believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. Typically, when a majority believe we are on the wrong track the party in power loses, big time. Still, the government in Washington is now divided, so perhaps it won't be so bad for the GOP (he wrote, whistling as he passed the graveyard).

Perhaps the Mugabe era is not over yet in Zimbabwe.

Juan Williams compares Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Obama does not look so good in the comparison.

Bob Shrum believes Hillary should stay in the race.

In Pennsylvania, the latest polls seem to indicate that Obama is recovering from the Wright fiasco, although I suspect the narrowing of the race has more to do with Hillary's self-inflicted wounds than on any surge by Obama.

Are Israel's enemies girding for war?

Bill and Hillary are telling the superdelegates that "Obama can't win". Not surprising, since that is their only logical argument for the superdelegates to overturn the verdict of the popular vote.

With the exit of Bob Lobel from WBZ-TV, perhaps the era of the celebrity broadcaster is over. Another piece of evidence to indicate that the media world people like me grew up with is on the way out. I cannot predict what will replace it.

The President of Argentina says her country's claim to the Falkland Islands is "inalienable".

Could the Mugabe Era finally be drawing to a close in Zimbabwe? We can only hope so.

A Chinese sleeper agent is sentenced to a long prison term. How many more of these agents are still at large.

American military officials cite poor planning as the reason why the Iraqi Army ran into difficulties trying to assert their primacy in Basra.

In a side note to yesterday's post about the headline from a British paper that depicts the America of 2008 as if we were in another Great Depression, apparently the picture used to illustrate the piece was actually taken in 2005. I guess we've been in a Depression longer than most thought, eh?

Also from Great Britain, news that the government is putting it's planned troop drawdown in Iraq on hold.

The Kagans analyze what has been going on in Basra and the rest of Southern Iraq. Take note that they form the article into two parts, things that we know and things that we don't know, with some caveats about determining what we know. I have long since given up trying to analyze what is happening in Iraq. I know that to leave in haste is to announce to all, friends and enemies alike, that we are defeated. Beyond that, as to the consequences of such an action, or the consequences of staying, I cannot say.

Here is an argument for keeping at least 20,000 troops in Iraq as advisers, and why those advisers are crucial to any effort aimed at winning in that troubled place.

Maine is given a deadline of today to comply with the Federal Real ID requirement. New Hampshire, and some other reluctant states, has been given an extension. For those of us who frequently travel by air, this is a story to watch.

Well, this story from The Independent in the U.K. shows a real lack of historical knowledge. To compare the current economic downturn in the U.S. to the Great Depression is beyond idiotic.

Stanley Crouch thinks the recent antics of Bill and Hillary Clinton will ensure their involuntary retirement from American politics.

Christopher Hitchens has an even harsher assessment.

Another story on the radical roots of Obama's church.

Could racial bias be a factor in Pennsylvania? The proof will be in the voting.

Victor Davis Hanson thinks Obama will be another McGovern. I don't think so, only because we don't live in the America of 1972 anymore. But, if Obama does campaign on a platform of defeat in Iraq, combined with the racial ravings of his pastor and his very Liberal views, it might turn into a GOP victory, despite a bad economy and a war that seems to be unwinnable.