A rigidly ideological stance against government intervention in free markets reflects the Republican Party now dominant in the House as well as in many state legislatures.

The 11 races for governor, by and large, are being swung outside the national spotlight by local issues and personalities.

While watching the vice-presidential debate with the New York Young Republican Club, I realized it was not The Sarah Palin Show, but The Joe Biden Show. And, it was good.
The 2008 election is now an Obama-Palin race about “the future,” and the only person who doesn’t seem to know it is Mr. Past, poor old John McCain.
Barack Obama is gaining force, while John McCain is scaling back his efforts to capture Democratic states.

He was a star in the Republican Party. Now, like dozens of his G.O.P. colleagues, he’s quitting Congress, fed up with his party, his president and the process.