Other than being the highest-profile Republican victims of Tea Party candidates, what do Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle, Charlie Crist and Arlen Specter have in common?

Though Obama "may lose control of Congress," says columnist David Broder, he "can still storm back to win a second term in 2012."

On June 30, 1972, two weeks after the Watergate burglars were taken into custody, Richard Nixon vetoed a congressional bill to double and treble federal funding for public broadcasting.

For the fourth day running, France has been crippled by strikes. Airlines are canceling flights. Travelers making their way to Paris from DeGaulle and Orly airports face long delays.

Is "Big Sis" one of us?

"Blacks for Gray, Whites for Fenty," ran the nuanced headline on page one of the Washington Examiner.

The Rev. Terry Jones may just have exposed the ultimate futility of America's war in Afghanistan. Consider the portrait of frustrated impotence America presented to the world last week.

Have we ever had a president so disconnected from the heart of America?

Federal Judge Vaughn Walker is truly a visionary.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has just demonstrated that you can become a billionaire in America many times over, while being clueless about the country you live in.