Obama, McCain Respond to Guantanamo Bay Ruling  —  The presidential candidates reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today to grant terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay access to the federal courts.  —  Republican John McCain told reporters in Boston that he had not yet read the opinion …

Fox News Would Like To Take a Moment To Remind You That the Obamas Are As Black As Satan's Festering, Baby-Eating Soul  —  Back in the day - you know, when presidential candidates were respectably white - news organizations called potential First Ladies “wives.”

Media and Critics Split Over Sexism in Clinton Coverage  —  Angered by what they consider sexist news coverage of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, many women and erstwhile Clinton supporters are proposing boycotts of the cable networks …

Global Economic Gloom - China and India Notable Exceptions  —  Some Positive Signs for U.S. Image  —  Overview  —  Five years after the start of the war in Iraq, the image of the United States abroad remains far less positive than it was before the war and at the beginning of the century.

McCain should know better  —  Context and decency elude the GOP presidential nominee  —  SPECIAL COMMENT  —  Tonight, a Special Comment on Sen. John McCain's conclusion that it's “not too important” when American forces come home from Iraq.  —  Thoughts, offered more in sorrow, than in anger.

Why won't Congress consider impeaching Pres. Bush?  —  FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:  —  The House of Representatives has voted to send an impeachment resolution against President Bush to committee - where it's likely to die.  —  Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced the 35 articles of impeachment this week.

Bad Cow Disease  —  “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken / She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it's labeled chicken.”  —  That little ditty famously summarized the message of “The Jungle,” Upton Sinclair's 1906 exposé of conditions in America's meat-packing industry.

Obama moves quickly to reshape DNC  —  Barack Obama's move to merge key elements of the Democratic National Committee into his own campaign's Chicago headquarters appears aimed at the goal of a centralized and united Democratic Party.  —  The shift of the DNC's political and field organizing operations …

Kanjorski caught in another ‘gotcha’ moment  —  U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski is getting a first-hand lesson in the hazards of the digital age.  —  For the second time in a month, a clip on the wildly popular video-posting Web site, YouTube, is earning him election-year attention he'd probably rather avoid.

Obama, Liberalism and the Challenge of Reform  —  Is Barack Obama really a force for change, or is he just a traditional Democrat with a patina of postpartisan rhetoric?  —  That question is surprisingly hard to answer.  When you listen to his best speeches, you see a person who really could herald a new political era.

Town Hall: McCain's Comfort Zone  —  Campaign Banks On Meetings to Give Best Forum for Republican  —  Microphone in hand and surrounded on all sides by friendly inquisitors, Republican Sen. John McCain called on a man in the back row of New York's Federal Hall on Thursday night and waited …

Gun Control Group Braces for Court Loss  —  'We've Lost the Battle on What the 2nd Amendment Means,' Brady Campaign Head Says  —  The nation's leading gun control group filed a “friend of the court” brief back in January defending the gun ban in Washington, D.C. But with the Supreme Court poised …

Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback  —  More than a year after Congress pledged to curb pork barrel funding known as earmarks, lawmakers are gearing up for another spending binge, directing billions toward organizations and companies in their home districts.  —  Earmark spending …

That's Mavericky  —  McCain lies to Fox about who is going to attend his town hall.  Funny.

Ireland holds key vote on EU treaty  —  DUBLIN, Ireland - Irish citizens voted Thursday on whether to accept or reject the European Union's new reform treaty, and the result could damage or destroy the painstakingly negotiated pact.  —  The Lisbon Treaty seeks to reshape EU institutions …

Obama Is Right, Words Matter  —  “Don't tell me words don't matter!”  Sen. Barack Obama thundered at a Wisconsin Democratic Party dinner in February.  He should have remembered that at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference last week.