Rove's Third Term  —  Al Gore never claimed that he invented the Internet.  Howard Dean didn't scream.  Hillary Clinton didn't say she was staying in the race because Barack Obama might be assassinated.  And Wesley Clark didn't impugn John McCain's military service.

A Man of Seasonal Principles  —  You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin.  Again.  During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after Sept. 11 but then stopped because it “became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism.”

Conservative icon Jesse Helms dead at 86  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Jesse Helms, the firebrand U.S. senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.

Former Senator Jesse Helms dead at 86  —  RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — Former five-term Republican U.S. Senator Jesse Helms has died at 86.  —  Helms was born in Monroe, NC where his father, called “Big Jesse,” served as chief of police.  Jesse and Dot Helms are the parents of three children …

Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86  —  RALEIGH, N.C. - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July.

Jesse Helms passes away  —  Jesse Helms, an Old South icon who mixed racial politics with an unwavering dedication to a robust American military and foreign policy, died early this morning in his native North Carolina.  —  Helms, 86, had been in faltering health in recent years.

Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86  —  Republican known as ‘Senator No’ served 30 years before retiring in 2003  —  RALEIGH, North Carolina - Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms, a leading conservative from North Carolina who served 30 years in the Senate before retiring in 2003, has died, the Jesse Helms Center said Friday.