Every casino keeps a lot of money on hand, but few gamblers are confident enough to try to win it all.
When Barack Obama comes to London, I am certain that 50,000 people will turn out to cheer him on,'' a British executive assured me when I visited the British capital recently.
There was no way you could miss the point -- they wouldn't let you. Last week Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama held their first joint campaign rally, in a town called Unity, in a field outside the Unity Elementary School.
Forget the issues, forget the personalities, forget everything about U.S. politics. The most important question about the 2008 election may be this:
Every move scrutinized, every word analyzed: life in the electoral spotlight where a clothes selection can be as much a defining moment as policies espoused.
"Follow the money" was a classic line from a classic movie about US politics. The film was "All The President's Men" -- the story of Watergate.
Barack Obama and American voters made history this week. The big question is how long Hillary Clinton will stand in the way.
Let's be clear: Hillary Clinton doesn't really want Barack Obama dead. It was just a gaffe, but maybe the most telling gaffe of the campaign so far.
Take a brilliant, strong-willed, American woman. Let her marry a rising politician, start a family, build a successful legal career, and then emerge as a polished public figure in her own right.
There is an elderly Japanese man with a gentle face who may be a good guide to US politics today. Hiroo Onoda was a second lieutenant in World War II who didn't surrender until 1974.
Every casino keeps a lot of money on hand, but few gamblers are confident enough to try to win it all.
When Barack Obama comes to London, I am certain that 50,000 people will turn out to cheer him on,'' a British executive assured me when I visited the British capital recently.
There was no way you could miss the point -- they wouldn't let you. Last week Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama held their first joint campaign rally, in a town called Unity, in a field outside the Unity Elementary School.
Forget the issues, forget the personalities, forget everything about U.S. politics. The most important question about the 2008 election may be this:
Every move scrutinized, every word analyzed: life in the electoral spotlight where a clothes selection can be as much a defining moment as policies espoused.
"Follow the money" was a classic line from a classic movie about US politics. The film was "All The President's Men" -- the story of Watergate.
Barack Obama and American voters made history this week. The big question is how long Hillary Clinton will stand in the way.
Let's be clear: Hillary Clinton doesn't really want Barack Obama dead. It was just a gaffe, but maybe the most telling gaffe of the campaign so far.
Take a brilliant, strong-willed, American woman. Let her marry a rising politician, start a family, build a successful legal career, and then emerge as a polished public figure in her own right.
There is an elderly Japanese man with a gentle face who may be a good guide to US politics today. Hiroo Onoda was a second lieutenant in World War II who didn't surrender until 1974.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500, is one of the most famous racetracks in the world.
Is there is a crazy old girlfriend, a weird uncle or a troublesome ex-husband in your past? I thought so. Most of us have someone that we'd rather not see again.
Hillary is back. Until now, Hillary Clinton's campaign had one consistent quality -- it kept coming up short.
There are probably days when Hillary Clinton is really grateful to the man she's married and there are days when she couldn't possibly be.
The mix of money and politics is a familiar cocktail in American life but you don't want to get caught in public drinking too much of it.
The danger to Democrats is not that the race will go on too long. The voters seem to love it. Turnout in the Democratic primaries is breaking records in state after state. The danger is that the loser will claim the process was unfair -- that he or she was cheated.
There is an old American card game that a lot of gamblers like. It's called Stud Poker and there isn't much to it.
They're calling it the pastor disaster. Once again this week, drama inside the Democratic party dominated the attention of US voters. (You'd almost forget there's a Republican candidate named John McCain, who's campaigning and doing quite well).
From World Cup football to competitive ice fishing, practically every sport has a rule-book somewhere that tells you what to do about a tie. Sooner or later, somebody usually wins.
This evening, Tuesday March 4, will be important in American politics, with one crucial question: Champagne, wine or beer? A look at what people are drinking will tell you most of what you need to know.
It's tough to imagine Hillary Clinton giving up her conservative pantsuits and perfect hair for a cowboy hat and holsters on each hip. And so far she hasn't.
One thing about John McCain: he'd make a hell of a movie. Picture this: a pugnacious young man becomes a U.S. Navy pilot, then a prisoner of war. He ends up as a feisty politician with an independent mind and often foul mouth, who takes more than his share of punches and perseveres.
Winner: John McCain Senator John McCain was badly wounded in war decades ago, and in the past he's been hurt politically with his support for the war in Iraq today, but Wednesday he savored a hard-fought victory.
It was a bubble and it burst.
While Sen. Hillary Clinton is trying to soften her image on the campaign, she is allowing her pit bull -- Bill Clinton -- to go on the attack.
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton claimed a come-from-behind victory in New Hampshire's Democratic primary late Tuesday, edging out her Senate colleague, Barack Obama, after placing third in the Iowa caucuses.
