On "The Tonight Show" Wednesday night, Jay Leno asked Barack Obama if he found it "discouraging" that Hillary Clinton "appears to be a shoo-in." Obama's response: "Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare 'mission accomplished' a little too soon."
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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