Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the efforts he undertook to win support for the troop rotation bill Republicans blocked this week: "I even called Larry Craig, trying to get some votes ... I got what I thought were some assurances. But the power of the White House was too much."
John McCain, Republican top gun at last The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party.
Republicans, stop calling Obama elitist
Sarah Palin's real soul mateFrom Fred Thompson to Sarah Palin, snarling Rudy Giuliani to smiling Lindsey Graham, Republicans bared their fangs this week to hide their unpopular agenda. And it might work.
Democrats like to tell themselves that Americans dislike the character attacks in which the GOP specializes. But that comforting thought is untrue.
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