Michael Tackett

In the Federal City, reform--not freedom --is another word for nothing left to lose. Not so long ago, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) were wearing the reformers'...

It is often the case in this town that the truthfulness of an accusation can be measured by the ferocity of the attack on the accuser. And few accusers have...

From the moment he stood atop the rubble in New York with a bullhorn in his hand, George W. Bush has used Sept. 11 as the sturdy shield of his...

What does Howard Dean want? Though his was perhaps the greatest flameout in the history of presidential politics, it is still a question worth asking. Dean claims a movement, and...

Of the many flameouts among the Democrats who would be president, one has received scant attention: Al Sharpton. Few people have sought the presidency with such a limited brief. Sharpton,...

If Sen. John Kerry's surprising success so far in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination could be summed up in a single word, it might well be Vietnam. Though...

When Sen. John Edwards is working the room, as he does quite well now, he sticks pretty much to an issueless script. If prompted by a question, he will answer...

The Democratic presidential candidate who benefited most from the debate Sunday afternoon might well have been retired Gen. Wesley Clark. He wasn't there. Instead, he spent his time doing an...

The Democrats, long avatars of the circular firing squad, are again engaged in ritual self-marginalization. This time the object of scorn is Howard Dean, the man who is leading the...