George W. Bush unleashes on Ted Cruz  —  <p>Inside a sleek Denver condominium, George W. Bush let a hundred donors to his brother's campaign in on a secret.  Of all the rival Republican candidates, there is one who gets under the former president's skin, whom he views as perhaps Jeb Bush's …

Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic race  —  <p>Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb will announce Tuesday that he will drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.</p><p> In an<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/ 2015/10/jim-webb-democrats-independent- 214929"> email to reporters </a>on Monday evening …

The Benghazi Witch-Hunt Against Hillary Is Backfiring Just Like Bill Clinton's Impeachment  —  And its chairman, Trey Gowdy, just got caught red handed  —  The House Select Committee on Benghazi has had glaring credibility problems from its inception.  Even if you ignore the thicket …

Canada Lurches to the Left  —  Canada's election on Monday was something much bigger than a local Canadian story.  It's another indicator of how Bill Clinton/Tony Blair-style liberalism is veering sharply to the left across the English-speaking world.  Along with the surge of Bernie Sanders …

Panicked establishment gets ready for war against Trump  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  This weekend was an inflection point in the Republican presidential race — a moment in which some significant part of the GOP establishment came out of denial and realized Donald Trump might well become their party's nominee.

“Wouldn't wish this on anyone:” Bucks forward claims he was racially profiled at jewelry store  —  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson is claiming he was racially profiled at a jewelry store in Whitefish Bay on Monday, October 19th.  The claim resulted in Whitefish Bay police …

The Note: Joe Biden Prompts (In)Decision Frenzy  —  NOTABLES  —TESTING OUT THE MESSAGE?  Biden's supporters have acknowledged the odds would be stacked against him — starting so late with no money, no campaign organization and way behind in the polls.

GOP right wing acts like its own party  —  Is the Freedom Caucus moving the United States toward a European-style coalition government?  —  At the moment, the 40-plus hard-right conservatives in the Freedom Caucus have all but created their own political party by blocking the majority …

Man shuts down cheating ex with one word text message  —  ORANGE COUNTY, CA - A man found out his ex-fiancée was cheating on him and ended his 5-year long relationship.  He got the last word when she started text messaging him, trying to rekindle their love.

S.F. principal delays vote results, saying winners aren't diverse  —  When San Francisco middle school principal Lena Van Haren saw which kids on her campus had been elected to the student council, she was disturbed at the lack of diversity among the winners.  There were no Latino or black candidates chosen for the top four spots.

The math on staying below 2°C of global warming looks increasingly brutal  —  Here's a capsule summary of the big UN climate talks this year:  —  1) The good news: Every country is submitting a detailed pledge to curb greenhouse gas emissions.  —  2) The bad: Those pledges, added together …

Likability shouldn't matter when electing a president  —  When the Samuel Adams beer brand polled voters in 2000 and found that more preferred drinking a beer with then-Republican nominee George W. Bush than Democratic nominee Al Gore, the political media found a new criterion to determine who should sit in the Oval Office: likability.