Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.

There was room for a Democrat to break with the interest groups and to vote for Roberts. (Hillary Clinton) could have because she has credentials of thirty-years standing.

Since there are no candidates, it's very quiet, and unusual voices get heard when they might have otherwise been drowned out.

These Supreme Court nominees are probably the most visible positions that a Democratic politician is likely to take, and probably the most visible positions they will have taken since the war vote.

is going to plague him not only in his second term but in history — even in Texas.

People know we're running huge deficits and they know the costs have just rocketed upward. Many Americans are now looking at the Iraq situation in that context.