Bob McCarty Writes

I read Susan Estrich’s column, The Iowa Curse, published on the Fox News Channel website yesterday and breathed a sigh of relief. It was followed soon after by one of disappointment and, finally, by a feeling of optimism.
My sigh of relief came in response to the Democrat strategist’s report that the odds are against [...]

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Democrat presidential candidates have used the word “change” a lot during the past week. In fact, Barack Obama used the word to win the Iowa Democrats Caucus and John Edwards appeared to embrace it during the ABC News New Hampshire Debates tonight — but they did so without offering many specifics. Curious to [...]

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En route to New Hampshire, Republican John McCain is getting a lot of mileage out of his third-place finish in the Iowa Caucus. At the same time, he must realize his days as a presidential contender are numbered, in part, due to a skeleton in his campaign closet:
McCain is on record as saying he supports [...]

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After reviewing tonight’s caucus results from Iowa, I’m tempted to suggest that presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney visit a pie maker named Ned if they want to resurrect their now-dead presidential hopes.
Thanks to a magical gift he’s had since childhood, Ned’s able to touch dead things and bring them back to life. People. [...]

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In a post Nov. 26, I compared the presidential campaign of Republican Fred Thompson to Brian De Palma’s box office-flopping anti-war film, Redacted. Following a report at The Politico late last night, I decided to revisit that comparison and ask the question, “Has Fred Thompson failed at the ‘ballot’ box office?”

In case you missed [...]

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