Some Question Whether Texas Dems Can Sustain the Excitement

It's March, and Texans are turning out in record numbers to vote in a hotly contested Democratic presidential primary, a historic race that could put the nation's first female or first African-American president into the White House.

How Tim Pawlenty Lost His Spot on the McCain Ticket

by Robert Novak

Minnesota's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty carefully prepared his plan for controlling greenhouse gas emissions to present it at the annual Washington winter meeting of governors.

McCain Not Backing Away from Hagee

John McCain was on the defensive Friday over his endorsement from San Antonio pastor John Hagee after the Catholic League accused the senator of accepting the support of someone with a "long record of bashing Catholicism."

Real Change Agent Is McCain

by William McKenzie

If you're a Democrat reading this column at the breakfast table, you'd better hit the door. The line at your polling place could be a mess. This Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama dustup has Texas Democrats tripping over themselves to vote.

Clinton Owes Debt of Gratitude to Texas Republicans

by Bud Kennedy

If you crossed party lines to pull a selfish stunt and vote in the other primary -- as the eminent Dr. Phil would say, how's that workin' for ya?

McCain Faces Divided Party

Sen. John McCain, having survived the Republican primaries, now needs to bind a fractured Republican Party as he looks to the presidential election this fall.

Exit polls: Why Clinton Won Texas Primary

by David Paul Kuhn

Hillary Rodham Clinton won back her base in Texas, and with it a narrow victory in the state.

Central Texans Jam Caucuses in 'Record-Shattering Turnout'

Confusion, chaos and controversy ruled Central Texas' precinct caucuses Tuesday night.

McCain's the Nominee, Huck Looks to Future

by Carolyn Barta

John McCain clinched the Republican nomination Tuesday with help from Texas where he won the primary 51 percent to Mike Huckabee's 38 percent.  McCain captured 80 Texas delegates to Huckabee's 16.  And while Texas Congressman Ron Paul got five percent of the vote, he got no delegates.  As McCain celebrated at his Dallas victory party having the 1,191 delegates needed to take the nomination at the GOP national convention in September, underdog Huckabee conceded -- all the while having his eye on a future role.

McCain Helped Bush See the Light

by Stephen Dinan

Democrats argue that Sen. John McCain is just a continuation of President Bush's time in office, but if so, that's mostly because Mr. Bush has moved toward Mr. McCain on issues, not the other way around.

Clinton Resurrection May Mean Chaos for Democrats

by Robert Novak

The scope of Hillary Clinton's latest resurrection can be appreciated only in light of the elaborate preparations that had been made for her expeditious burial. That she is very much alive can be attested to her true grit but also the revelation Barack Obama is not the miraculously perfect candidate after all.

Huckabye

Super Tuesday II, as it was dubbed, did determine who the Republican nominee will be. As the votes were counted in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont last night John McCain surpassed the 1,191 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination.

The Gospel According to St. Barack?

In Robert Bolt's great play A Man for All Seasons, medieval English statesman Sir Thomas More says, "the American media would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount."

Whoops, Sir Thomas actually said that about the nobility of England, not the U.S. media, but there's little doubt the American press would be snoring right beside them. After all, the media just snored through Barack Obama's abuse of the Sermon of the Mount to justify same-sex civil unions.