For or Against Presidential Candidates  —  Clinton and Romney Have Highest Level of Core Opposition Among Leading Candidates  —  Among the leading Presidential candidates, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have the highest level of core opposition among voters.

2 Candidates, 2 Fortunes, 2 Views of Wealth  —  By the final weeks of 1984, well before either turned 40, John Edwards and Mitt Romney had already built successful careers.  But the two men were each on the verge of an entirely new level of financial success.

Romney should not be the next president  —  December 22.  —  If you were building a Republican presidential candidate from a kit, imagine what pieces you might use: an athletic build, ramrod posture, Reaganesque hair, a charismatic speaking style and a crisp dark suit.

Hoover Planned Mass Jailing in 1950  —  A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty.

Bill Clinton: Hillary's Political Boon Or Political Albatross?  —  To many, the 2000 Presidential election was really about “the Bush restoration” — bringing back the Bushes after the unseemly interruption of Democrat Bill Clinton's Presidency.  And now there are growing signs that the 2008 primary …

A CASE OF CLEMENCY THAT'S EASY TO EXPLAIN  —  It hasn't been apparent to me why Mike Huckabee favored the release from prison of Wayne Dumond, a patently dangerous rapist who, once released, committed murder.  By contrast, it's easy to see why Mike Huckabee wanted to help Eugene Fields …

Blair converts to Catholicism  —  Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism, sources close to the former prime minister said today.  —  He was welcomed into the church in a service last night.  —  The move comes after years of speculation that Mr Blair, whose wife Cherie and four children …

Edwards Says He'll Take On Big Insurance Companies  —  From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:  —  NEVADA, IOWA — John Edwards tonight cited the case of a 17-year-old California girl who died after her insurance company refused coverage on a liver transplant to save her life as a call to action to change …

The Christmas Ad That Topped Them All  —  CapQ readers want to have an eggnog with him, and now we know why.  Fred Thompson just released the best Christmas ad in this cycle, one in which no one will find floating crosses, holiday fruitcake, downer lighting, and especially tone-deaf “gifts” …

Huck offers olive branch to Rush, asks for him to get in touch  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The best-talking Republican politician in America has a message for the best-talking conservative voice in the country: Let's talk to one another.  —  Mike Huckabee, taking questions from reporters …

Thompson's Waterloo (Iowa)  —  Is he Napoleon or Wellington?  —  Waterloo, Iowa  —  Forty-five minutes before Fred Thompson spoke here last Tuesday night, young volunteers greeted reporters and potential Iowa voters just inside the front door of the Waterloo Center for the Arts.

Chris Matthews Stands By His Man  —  You gotta hand it to Tweety...he shows considerably more monogamous devotion to Rudy Giuliani than Giuliani has ever shown any person in his life.  Chris Matthews found a little news item well hidden in the back pages of the NY Times (that liberal media at work again! …

Republican Video: I've Got A Crush On Fred Thompson's Politics  —  We already know Republicans have a hard time being funny, and even being catchy is a stretch for them, but when I found this hilarious video at Daily Kos I thought C&L readers would like to share in the unintended laughs.