What's The Difference Between You And Me?  —  If you watched the debate last night, it is clear that Harold Ford is making a conscious attempt to both placate the fears, and grab the votes, of white evangelicals.  —  Most of his statements, actions, and positions have gone a long way to that end.

In Key House Races, Democrats Run to the Right  —  In their push to win back control of the House, Democrats have turned to conservative and moderate candidates who fit the profiles of their districts more closely than the profile of the national party.  —  One such candidate, Heath Shuler …

Crying Uncle … Translation: Oh Lawdy!  Massa's wife so mad she even beatin' on us house slaves now.  What dis ol' world comin' to?

U.S. Is Said to Fail in Tracking Arms for Iraqis  —  The American military has not properly tracked hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces and has failed to provide spare parts, maintenance personnel or even repair manuals for most of the weapons given to the Iraqis …

Lynne Cheney novel churns controversy in Senate race  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynne Cheney is deflecting talk of the sexual content in her novel "Sisters," a 25-year-old book that resurfaced in a campaign Friday and is stirring up controversy.  —  The novel, featuring a lesbian love affair …

Senate Democrats and Bill Clinton Stab Us In The Front  —  In the Lieberman-Lamont fight, there has been a fair amount of handwringing over why Lamont isn't blowing Joe out of the water.  Why, if Joe lost to Lamont, isn't he losing in the general?  Why did Lamont let Joe get away?

Nation-building and good intentions  —  Cal Thomas interviews Condi Rice, who tries to make the case for a Palestinian State, based on the universal appeal of freedom and prosperity: … Thomas says Rice is naive.  I think she is confusing cause and effect.

Midterm Vote May Define Rove's Legacy  —  Big Losses Could Dim Aura of Bush Adviser  —  By many calculations, Democrats are ready to make big gains in the midterm elections, enough to take over the House and possibly the Senate.  But White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten …

October 2006: McCaskill and Talent deadlocked  —  After all their ads, attacks and debates, Missouri's two major candidates for the U.S. Senate are heading into the campaign homestretch in roughly the same spot as they were almost a year ago — deadlocked.  —  U.S. Sen. Jim Talent …

A Centurion's E-mails  —  Through the eyes of a frontline fighter: The Marine captain asked for a tougher assignment.  The one he got seemed all but impossible.  —  Courtesy of the Secher family  —  Weary Warrior: 'This war is futile,' wrote Secher after three months in Iraq.  But he still believed in it.

Pakistan destroys al-Qaida-linked site  —  KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters destroyed a purported al-Qaida-linked training facility in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border Monday, officials said.  At least 20 people were killed.

Dead voters continue to cast ballots in New York  —  Steven T. Vermilye was a home inspector and general contractor who grew up in Croton-on-Hudson - he and his father helped build the boat launch at Senasqua Park - went to college in Texas and settled in New Paltz in 1971.

Togetherness In Baghdad  —  A surreal facet of the Iraq fiasco is the lag between when a fact becomes obvious and when the fiasco's architects acknowledge it.  —  Many months ago it became obvious to all but the most ideologically blinkered that America is losing the war launched to deal …

Dismantling Cheney's Control  —  The next two years are going to be politically bloody and difficult ones for the nation and the world.  There is a somewhat understandable, yet naive, hope that Democratic success in the coming election will somehow corner President Bush and his team into a more rational national security posture.

Poll: Wyo. House race gets tighter  —  CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Democratic candidate in the race for Wyoming's only House seat has nearly caught up to Rep. Barbara Cubin after a third candidate accused the Republican of threatening to smack him, a poll published Sunday found.