If Kerry becomes Secretary of State, his replacement could be... Michael Dukakis!

Democratic Governor Deval Patrick will get to appoint someone pending a special election (which would come in late spring or early summer). ...

"The vocabulary of class warfare may have begun on the left—a very socialist left..."

"... but in mainstream American politics it didn’t gain much traction until the Republicans took it up." Framing the struggle as c...

"Perry shows no remorse, not even a tiny smidgen of reflection, especially when we know for certain that he signed the death warrant for an innocent man."

Writes Andrew Sullivan , live-blogging last night's debate. Let's look at the transcript : [BRIAN] WILLIAMS: Governor Perry, a quest...

"Why is it suddenly racist to treat Obama just like the four white guys who preceded him?"

Asks Jonah Goldberg , recounting the history of Republican attacks on Democratic presidential candidates: According to the liberal history b...

It's getting ugly, but is it getting racial?

The new McCain ad hits Obama hard on the Ayers connection. That's unpleasant for Obama supporters, but is it unfair? Is it racist ? From...

A smiling John McCain crushed under Palin's high-heeled shoe.

Nice illustration by Barry Blitt (the artist who did the famous Michelle-and-Barack New Yorker cover ). The accompanying column , by Frank ...

"Why is Obama so vapid and hesitant and gutless? Why, to put it another way, does he risk going into political history as a dusky Dukakis?"

Christopher Hitchens has some questions.

5 old presidential campaign ads.

For LBJ, Ford, Ike, JFK, and Dukakis. I love the variation in style, which, in each case, belongs so clearly to its decade. I don't agre...

Biden's "I think I probably have a much higher IQ than you do" rant ends with by a plea for a Democratic leader with oratorical powers.

We were watching a brief clip yesterday, but here's the longer version, courtesy of Hot Air . Watch the whole thing. A man named Frank ...

"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reminds me a lot of Dukakis."

Jim Pinkerton writes: In '88, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis was leading the Democratic White House hopefuls. On April 12, he debate...