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. . . the Republicans had been driven by a Ronald Reagan pragmatism rather than sheer Clinton hate before the impeachment debacle? A: No impeachment. No debacle.

The Republicans, like the New York Jets, kept hoping for a last-minute miracle even as Bronco Bill Clinton faced the cameras and did that voodoo that he does so well.

If perjury is such an unforgivable sin, then how come so many Republicans treated Oliver North like a hero -- and tried to get him elected to the Senate -- after he lied to Congress?

If perjury is such an unforgivable sin, then how come so many Republicans treated Oliver North like a hero -- and tried to get him elected to the Senate -- after he lied to Congress?

On paper, Bill Bradley is a peerless presidential candidate. But in person, the former senator fumbles, stumbles, and drones. His only hope is to turn awkwardness into a political asset.

News of Monica's and Bill's grand-jury testimony prompted familiar doomsaying from pundits fiercely oblivious to the fact that nobody, save perhaps Ken Starr, cares.

As the public rallies around the scandal-ridden president, conservatives have gotten all flustered and turned on the common folks they once claimed to champion.

A prosecutor run amok, a harassment case run amok, and a president who has, well, run amok -- Kenneth Starr may have hit the jackpot, but the payout is a disaster.