Rove on the Bush years: It’s everybody else’s fault

Washington memoirs are all about settling scores. Karl Rove’s “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight” takes that tradition to new and self-parodying heights. To read Rove’s recollections of George W. Bush’s White House is to believe that, for eight years, men of “courage and moral clarity” governed the United States and were beset by critics who refused to give them any credit. On page after page, Rove names the naysayers and picks apart their claims. He’s most at ease — his delight jumps right off of the page — when he’s able to recount times he shoved the criticisms back in their faces.

Obama Gets Rocky Mountain High, Opens First Campaign Office of Pres Contenders

A Q&A with the the Democratic presidential candidate’s Colorado campaign manager.

Tancredo, Immigration and Evolution

At the Republican presidential debate the other night, Colorado hopeful Tom Tancredo haltingly raised his hand when the moderator asked,”Is there anybody on the stage that does not agree, believe in evolution?”

I confess that Tancredo is giving me…

In The Ring With Obama And Hillary

“No blood, few jabs in first presidential debate.” 

“Inside Hillary’s Obama counterattack.” 

Recent headlines such as these make presidential hopefuls seem more like pugilists than politicians, and they can make campaigns seem more like sporting events than…

UPDATED: John Edwards Will NOT Be Dropping Out of Presidential Race

Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, with his wife, Elizabeth, announced that despite the re-occurance of her cancer, his presidential campaign will continue.

His wife, Elizabeth, had breast cancer in 2004. Up until recently, she was cancer-free. At a press…