Victor Davis Hanson has some thoughts on Barack Obama (he still thinks Obama is McGovern, at least in policy). Ralph Peters wonders when someone in the media will ask Obama tough questions about foreign and military policy (I would advise him not to hold his breath). Dick Morris and Eileen McGann get to the heart of the matter, though, when they describe Obama's desire to treat terrorists as criminals. This, to me, should be the heart of the foreign policy debate. Do we continue to fight the so-called "War on Terror", or do we change our basic philosophy and deal with Osama bin Laden and his allies as criminals, to be dealt with through the criminal justice system on the national and international level? I wish the debate could be straightforward enough to allow our people to make their decision based on these two competing visions. That way, if Obama won, we could compare how we fare during his administration as opposed to how things went under George W. Bush. Who knows, may be Obama would do better at preventing terrorist attacks against us here in the United States? Uh...oh...that's right...Bush has a perfect record on that one, with seven months to go.

The argument that the Iraq War is, and always was, about oil gets a boost with this story.

Drill for more oil in more places? I'm for it, but if you don't have the rigs to get it done, it might not happen anytime soon, regardless of whether or not the policy changes at the Federal level.

Here is a novel approach to dealing with OPEC.

Larry Sabato takes a look at the U.S. Senate races.

Bob Novak writes about his friend, colleague, and source, Tim Russert.