Ask Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the Independent candidate for the Senate in Florida, what he stands for on any issue, and you are not likely to get a precise answer.

One cannot and in fact, should not, write about every poll that comes out in an election cycle. To say it succinctly: there are too many of them, and not all of them are credible.

To political junkies, all previews of how an election is likely to turn out are must reading. One could say it is like a vice; say like smoking, although in this case the only mayor illness one can contract is political confusion.

Senate Democrats could not muster the necessary votes to pass a new campaign finance bill Tuesday that would have required corporations to divulge their spending on political advertising, including funding given to third-party groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Last week the hottest political debate was whether Republicans could gain control of the House of Representatives in November mid-term elections. It was sparked by a comment made by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs in the ABC News program This Week.

Washington — In order to skip what undoubtedly would have been difficult confirmation hearings in the Senate, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Donald Berwick to run Medicare and Medicaid.

In order to avoid scrutiny by the Senate, Obama used a recess appointment to name Berwick, a 63-year-old pediatrician, Harvard University professor and head of a nonprofit health-care institute to the post that provides health care to the nation’s elderly, poor and disabled with an $800 billion budget.

Last week’s debate over financial reform both angered and confused many Americans. The Senate spent the final week of April debating a financial reform bill that failed to pass. It made for great TV and incited much debate, but critical thinkers realize that clear victims and victors are hard to determine.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced Thursday that he will leave the GOP and run as an Independent in the Florida Senate race.  Marco Rubio, the other Republican candidate for the Senate, had pulled ahead of Crist in the polls by a significant margin, prompting the Governor to seek another strategy to get to [...]

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is dropping hints that he will retire within weeks to months.

In two interviews at the weekend, the ordinarily publicity adverse Stevens said that, while he plays tennis and swims regularly, he thought it was nearing time to retire.

President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives need 216 votes needed to pass health care reform legislation. Undecided lawmakers are feeling the pressure from the White House, on the one hand, and from the American public, on the other.