From NBC's Domenico Montanaro The news of Rep. Patrick Kennedy's Communion flap with Rhode Island's hard-line bishop is yet another chapter in the long history of the divide between Kennedy social justice Catholics and more hard-line conservatives,... Full Article at MSNBC

Late one August night in 1998, as Charles Schumer was driving back to his hotel after a dozen campaign events in western New York, he spotted a minor league baseball stadium. The Buffalo Bisons were in extra innings, and the stands were packed. Full Article at Crain's New York

As we know from the 2008 campaign, every so often Americans go ga-ga over some politician. Full Article at Red County

You may be as surprised by this as we are ourselves, but from this day forward George W. and Laura Bush are now on the same list for us as the Clintons, Geraldine Ferraro, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and the other political figures we keep in our hearts and... Full Article at Wake up America

Since we're at this point, since time is passing and everyone seems to find nothing wrong with the situation, since Roman Polanski's supporters are losing faith and, sometimes, are even starting to doubt [yay!], since the pack of gossipers have even... Full Article at Shakesville

It was October of 1984, and then-NBC News correspondent Norma Quarles was resting in a New York hospital bed the night before elective surgery when she got a message from the League of Women Voters. Full Article at mediabistro.com