Hillary Clinton, in defending her continued presence in the race, brings up the Robert Kennedy assassination. A gaffe, to be sure, but not "the dumbest thing ever said in American politics", as Michael Goodwin would have you believe.

Mark Warner as a possible V.P on the Obama ticket?

Could John McCain win the election by a larger margin than Bush in 2004? Some GOP strategists, looking at the electoral map, are daring to hope. Still, there is ample evidence that it should be a good year for Democrats, especially in Congress, which leads some on their side to hope for an expansion of government reminiscent of 1965-66.

$4 a gallon gasoline may finally be altering the habits of American drivers.

The junta in Burma may finally allow aid workers in to aid their people.