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John Mitchell biographer James Rosen on a Nixon benchmark to which Sen. McCain may hope to attain: [I]t was...Nixon, that most complex psychological character, who earned more of the black vote — 32% in his 1960 loss to John F. Kennedy — than any GOP nominee of the...

Now that the general election campaign has started, there is a great deal of talk about the GOP's "Southern Strategy." Many accounts say that the strategy was responsible for electing Nixon in 1968 and thus became the template for Republican presidential politics. But...

Somewhere up there, perhaps, Tim Russert is sending the word out to the George Clinton who did not sing "dogs of the world unite," John C. Calhoun, Thomas A. Hendricks, Adlai E. Stevenson I, and Charles W. Fairbanks to appear on next Sunday's Meet The Press (Celestial...

Today's New York Times brings news of the latest effort on the part of liberal and left-wing media figures to sway American public opinion - the launch of the Progressive Book Club.   Its CEO, nonprofit fundraiser Elizabeth Wagley (whose father John Wagley has long...

The New York Times has just posted an appropriately detailed and suitably appreciative obituary of Tony Schwartz, who died Saturday at home in Manhattan; he was 84. The highlight of his long and distinguished career in advertising, media, and communications,...

Greetings, supporters and students of Richard Nixon! Just a note to thank you in advance for welcoming me to the Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda this coming Tuesday, June 17, at 7 pm, when I'll be reading from, taking questions about, and...

Among the first online tributes to the late Tim Russert are this post from Kevin Thompson of the Palm Beach Post and an especially moving one from John Smyntek of the Detroit Free Press. The latter begins by discussing a column he wrote for his newspaper in 1998...

Robert Novak's column today catches one's attention: Even for the feckless Senate, last week was extraordinary. When Republicans contended that Reid broke his pledge to confirm three of President Bush's appeals court nominees by Memorial Day, Senate Republican leader...

In a column in this morning's Washington Times, Gary Andres notes that with several months to go before the Democratic convention Sen. Barack Obama has already achieved a considerable distinction. He cites the results of a recent Rasmussen poll which shows that 25% of...

Pat Buchanan was on The Colbert Report last Thursday. He understands the terms of the gig, rolls with the flow, and has a good time --- that's all you can do on TCR unless you want want to buy trouble.