Democrats and Our Enemies  —  How did the Democratic Party get here?  How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose?

Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Opens Double-digit Lead Over McCain in National Test  —  Third-party candidates Nader and Barr show signs of strength in key demographic groups  —  UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama has sprinted out to a 10-point lead over Republican John McCain in a four …

Michael Savage plays Dead Kennedys song “in some respect for” Sen. Kennedy  —  Following the announcement that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage opened his May 20 show by interspersing audio of Kennedy singing …

Report: U.S. Soldiers Did ‘Dirty Work’ for Chinese Interrogators  —  Alleges Guantanamo Personnel Softened Up Detainees at Request of Chinese Intelligence  —  U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come …

Money shocker!  Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars*  —  (*UPDATE: Due to a mathematical error, Hillary Clinton's loans to herself were added twice in the calculation of this item.  Her total debts are about $20 million, not $31 million.  A corrected item covering the first five paragraphs of this one has been published here.)

Obama's Evolving Take on Meeting With Iran  —  Democratic Contender Under Fire From McCain on Foreign Policy  —  Barack Obama's original answer seemed crystal clear: last July, asked whether he would meet with the “leaders” of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea “without precondition …

Boehner, Cole to release election plan  —  After a week of tension and recriminations following a special election loss in Mississippi, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner and NRCC Chairman Tom Cole will unveil a series of changes Wednesday aimed at quelling criticism and positioning their party for November's elections.

Linda Douglass Joins The Obama Campaign  —  Linda Douglass, an award-winning television and print journalist who currently serves as a contributing editor to National Journal, will join Barack Obama's presidential campaign as a senior strategist and as a senior campaign spokesperson on the roadshow, a newly created position.

Israel says it is holding peace talks with Syria  —  JERUSALEM - Israel and Syria on Wednesday said they were holding indirect peace talks through Turkish mediators — the first official confirmation of contacts between the longtime enemies.  —  In statements issued minutes apart …

What is Clinton's argument now?  —  Hillary Clinton does not lack for victories.  She has had several recently.  —  What she lacks is a way to make her victories meaningful.  What she lacks is an argument.  —  What is the game-changing argument that will cause the superdelegates …

Next Stop, Supreme Court?  —  As the primary season nears a merciful end, the Clinton-Obama conflict is giving way to Obama-Clinton conjecture.  Many in the Democratic Party support a so-called dream ticket of both, with Barack Obama at the top.  They believe Hillary Clinton has earned …

Operation in Sadr City Is an Iraqi Success, So Far  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces rolled unopposed through the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City on Tuesday, a dramatic turnaround from the bitter fighting that has plagued the Baghdad neighborhood for two months, and a qualified success for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

Verbal assaults directed at uniformed [military] personnel  —  Washington D.C.  —  Dept of Transportation Federal Transit Administration sends:  —  Recently, there have been local incidents in which military personnel have been verbally assaulted while commuting on the Metro.