David Holman

Quin, you ask some excellent questions today. At your mention of Jack Kemp, I could not help but think of Jack Kemp’s lobbying on behalf of Hugo Chavez. It is a sad sign of conservatism when our former leaders need…

From Chris Dodd’s speech at the DNC winter meeting: “Bipartisanship to me does not mean getting Democrats to agree with Republican principles!” Chris Dodd said. “It means getting Republicans to agree to Democratic principles!”

Aren’t those guys from Hartford?

One way to lose a Democratic presidential nomination is to alienate the press. Barack Obama seems well on his way toward that goal, Mike Allen suggests. Big picture: what has he to hide? Is he so raw that he cannot…

Rush jokes about the fit Democrats have when folks call their party the “Democrat Party,” but it is such a sore subject that the press corps took it up with Tony Snow yesterday and NPR with President Bush. Sheesh.

The ethanol in gasoline mandate artificially drives up the price of ethanol. Which drives up the price of corn. Which drives up the price of tortillas. Does that higher price drive up the cost of living so much that emigration…

Over at the Washington Post main page right now, the subhead for Michael Fletcher’s “Will Obama Appeal to Blacks?” is: The Ill. senator faces a delicate balancing act in appealing to both sides of the racial electorate. Huh? Both sides?…

Philip, even folks in N.Y. have their doubts that Giuliani is running.

Wlady, I suspect it is impossible to discern Brownback’s motivation in attending, if he attended. He likely attended in previous years, long before he considered running for the presidency. Not to show up now would smack of that same manipulation….

Marshall Manson is justiably perturbed over the Democrats wanting to grant territorial delegates voting rights on the House floor. Sympathies aside, it is just unconstitutional. What part of “The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen … by…