The Washington Times

George W. Bush had as good a first week as any new president could wish – a fact all the more remarkable for the electoral tumult on his way to the White House.

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The Washington Times

There is already a lot to say about the 43rd president of the United States, and I am looking forward to getting started on the chronicles of an administration that looks to have embarked on the ambitious project of defining a conservative mainstream politics that supersedes (while incorporating many elements of) the ideological conservatism of the Reagan-Gingrich era. This is a big deal, folks, and the future of the GOP is riding on the outcome.

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The Washington Times

How conservative is the Bush administration going to be? That’s a question on the minds of both liberals and conservatives these days.

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The Washington Times

An often heard lament in Washington is that loyalty is a one-way street. Presidents expect it, but they do not extend it in return. Come a whiff of trouble, and even someone who has served the president well and faithfully for years will find herself cut dead, or perhaps twisting slowly in the wind.

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The Washington Times

President Clinton has been a truly polarizing figure in American politics, and lots of people (including me) were indulging the hope that after he left Washington this month, the partisan temperature of Washington would decline. During his tenure in office, the amount of energy consumed in attacking him and defending him on cable chat shows alone would have been sufficient to fuel the politics of a mid-sized European country for generations. Surely, this level of animosity could not be sustained indefinitely. Surely, a flame burning this bright eventually consumes itself.

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