The return of Hillary the victim: "Even Democratic women with no intention of voting for Mrs. Clinton found themselves drawn into the debate and shaken by what briefly seemed like a humiliating ...
With Obama's rise, reporter Kirk Johnson sees the death penalty, global warming and gay marriage as issues that are becoming settled in the public mind - in ways that make liberals happy.
Populist and pragmatist? Yeah, right: "In 1988, the populist Jesse Jackson kept stony counsel before giving his nod to the pragmatist Michael Dukakis."
"Mr. McCain, then - after a year in which his campaign nearly collapsed, the Iraq war and a controversial immigration bill eroded his popularity, and he was forced to continue his candidacy on a ...
Independent voters, or just liberals? "Mr. McCain is also focusing on issues important to many independent voters, like climate change and improving the United States' image abroad by taking such ...
Jodi Kantor says Democrats are yummy: "In discussing their choices, Democrats sounded like diners ooohing and ahhing slowly - very slowly - over a menu with too many enticing choices."
Reporter Paul Vitello among the believers: "Whatever unease politicians may stir when they invoke Christmas among non-Christians does not seem to apply here. The hegemony of Christianity is as ...
