Emphasizing long-term solutions instead of short-term pandering is appreciated by voters.

A bipartisan compromise on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will at best shave 5 cents off the price of a gallon of gas.

Being a maverick suggests a coherent set of principles that overrides partisanship in service of the public good. But McCain's new global warming address and related ad, like the rest of his environmental record, is simply incoherent.

The Watchdog sets the bar low, and CBS clears it.

Will Carly Fiorina be asked to defend "right-shoring?" Will Sen. Harry Reid be pressed on FISA? Will John Edwards be asked a question about poverty?

A bipartisan compromise on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will at best shave 5 cents off the price of a gallon of gas.

Being a maverick suggests a coherent set of principles that overrides partisanship in service of the public good. But McCain's new global warming address and related ad, like the rest of his environmental record, is simply incoherent.

The Watchdog sets the bar low, and CBS clears it.

Will Carly Fiorina be asked to defend "right-shoring?" Will Sen. Harry Reid be pressed on FISA? Will John Edwards be asked a question about poverty?

Both parties in the Senate have just introduced legislation in response to high gas prices.

After all the histrionic punditfying throughout the campaign, after all the trivial media distractions over surrogates who blurt on mean things, after all the phony guilt-by-association attacks, the public unity around a progressive vision remains: an economy that works for everyone, health care for all, a clean energy future, affordable education and the end of the Iraq occupation.

Even when the media reports on a critical issue, the media ignores it.

The failed partial privatization of Medicare shows us what happens when insurance companies have the power to run roughshod over consumers.