From the right, Regan biographer Craig Shirley remembers Helms as the man who made the Reagan revolution possible:

"If Helms accomplished nothing else in his life, he is the man most responsible for the election of Ronald Reagan …

Obama responded to the critics of his support for FISA — including those organizing on his site — with a statement on his blog that wasn’t issued as a press release.

In it he praises his critics, but also frames …

A second press conference on Iraq.

Danish underwear and Obama both believe in "Change," and use strikingly similar logos.

Obama mildly softens his Iraq withdrawal stance, drawing much attention…though recall that even in the primary, he wouldn’t pledge full withdrawal by 2013.

Robert Byrd has …

In what Ambinder points out is the first campaign contrast ad of the general election cycle, McCain hits Obama as a newcomer to the causes of Hispanics on Spanish radio.

While McCain has "a great history of supporting us," says …

I mentioned earlier that an Obama aide disputed Karl Rove’s count that Obama is on air in 21 states, not the 18 the campaign had released.

To some degree, it turns out, this is a distinction without a difference: Obama’s …

Joe Lieberman, who had until quite recently been viewed favorably in Connecticut has seen his numbers dive in recent months.

Quinnipiac this week found Lieberman with a 45 percent - 43 percent approval rating, down from 52 percent - 35 percent on …

Karl Rove put out some numbers today that haven’t been printed elsewhere:

Starting June 20, Mr. Obama spent $4.3 million for 10 days of a televised, biographical ad covering 18 states. Mr. McCain countered on Monday with roughly $2.1 million …

Forget "Hussein." "Bush" is the real dirty word these days.

Spotted by a reader on CNN.com.

A Chicago public radio piece captures some of the texture of Obama’s political past, and the mild irony that his rapid local rise was possible only in the anti-machine enclave of Hyde Park, while his national rise required some …