by Patrick J. Buchanan"I guess this is how the West was won," Hillary Clinton exulted at her victory rally in Las Vegas after the Democratic caucuses.Well, not exactly, ma'am. Yet how the Clintons, by deftly playing the race and gender cards, turned back the greatest single challenge to a Clinton Restoration will be studied for a long time to come.It began in Iowa, where Barack Obama, Continue reading...

by Patrick J. BuchananSince it began to give credit ratings to nations in 1917, Moody's has rated the United States triple-A. U.S. Treasury bonds have been seen as the most secure investment on earth. When crises erupt, nervous money seeks out the world's great safe harbor, the United States. That reputation is now in peril.Last week, Moody's warned that if the United States fails to rein Continue reading...

by Patrick J. BuchananAll politics is local, said the late House Speaker "Tip" O'Neill.Tip was wrong. All politics is tribal – as we just rediscovered in the New Hampshire primary.With Obama surging and Hillary reeling after a third-place finish in Iowa, it seemed all the dreams of a Clinton restoration would come crashing down on the eighth of January.All the pollsters predicted Continue reading...

by Patrick J. BuchananMANCHESTER, N.H. – It is the historic mission of the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary to give us the establishment candidate in each party, and then the insurgent candidate. The two pairs then battle it out in South Carolina to give us the probable nominees for November.Year 2008 looks no different, with this exception: The insurgents, Barack Obama and Mike Continue reading...