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The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president.

LONDON -- 1776 is a number with great resonance for Americans, but not one you expect to be featured on a British government website.

WASHINGTON -- We're still a few weeks from summer's dog days and the conventions, and already feral rabidity has set in. Add to the long list of psycho-political syndromes the "Romney Derangement Syndrome."

President Truman asked for an honest assessment. He didn't get the answer he was looking for.

In 1992, I was the executive director of the Florida Democratic Party. I managed political operations for the Democrats in one of the largest swing states in our nation.

San Bernardino, Calif., has now followed Stockton into bankruptcy.

Oh, yes, I have seen Republican presidential campaigns ... far too many. Make no mistake, in my judgment, Mitt Romney has everything it takes to be a great president.

Barack Obama has trouble telling the truth.

In response to Friday mornings dismal jobs report showing yet another month of unemployment at 8.2 percent the chairman of Obamas Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger said, "It is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.