Being into the whole history thing enough to have written a book on it, I tend to take a long view on the big policy...

In an astonishing and refreshing decision, CNN went with the decidedly unsexy John King to fill Lou Dobbs’ shoes....

In Kiev and Kharkiv and other cities in Ukraine, American political consultants who worked against one another in Iowa and New Hampshire and then in the general election are facing off again in a somewhat surreal Eastern European replay of the 2008 campaign.

The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.

Political consultants involved in Obama's campaign are seeking opportunities overseas.

The famous rowhouse on C St. S.E., where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.

Rush Limbaugh's home congressional district, Missouri's 8th, may be about to redeem itself. This reddest of districts has a realistic chance of turning blue, and the reason is Tommy Sowers.

Democrats know it's not 2008 anymore, when excitement about electing the nation's first black president and voters' eagerness to say no to the Iraq war helped carry them to victory.They know next year's midterm elections will be different.But Vanderburgh County Democrats used their annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner Saturday night to play the cards they do have and to proclaim 2010 their year ...

Sen. Joe Lieberman is emerging as a big factor in the health care reform debate, and he is poised to lead an investigation into the Fort Hood shooting. He still draws the ire of some in the Democratic Party, but has found his stride since backing Republican Sen. John McCain in last year's presidential election.

The World Wide Web, with its seemingly unlimited information and eternal reach, is a beast. For the average surfer, any attempt to keep up with it all -- every news stream and nugget of gossip -- is mere folly. It is native Memphian Edward Felsenthal's job as executive editor of The Daily Beast to rein that monster in and make it manageable, even useful, for readers on the year-old site ...