WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan used these addresses to Congress to lay out the specifics of his new for the year. I wrote some of those stories.

If you’re waiting for the Obama laundry list starts, you might be disappointed. Why? Because he there’s…

WASHINGTON — A theme of this speech, you’ll see, is that a crisis may be tough but it provides big opportunities — opportunity for way overdue change in energy, health-care, education and, significantly, financial stability.

That’s what gives Barack Obama the potential…

Updated: Obama lifted the ban late this afternoon.

WASHINGTON — That’s the strong hint from White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, who told reporters moments ago to “stay tuned for a statement from the president” when asked about his immediate plans with regard to…

ST. PAUL — Let’s see, there was the presidential adviser call girl scandal at the Democratic gathering in in Chicago in ’96, the Ross Perot political exit during the Democratic convention in New York ‘92.

You had unforgettable moments like Bill Clinton’s speech  in…

DENVER — U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan remembers 28 years when he and several fellow 20-something friends drove to New York to catch some of the doings surrounding the 1980 Democratic presidential convention.

“We went as party crashers,” the congressman recalled with a…

…former ambassador and conservative activist Alan Keyes?

He’s actually planning to grace Missouri with a visit next weekend, where he is angling to be the Constitution Party candidate for president this year. He is slated to be at the party’s national…

Right now, YouTube’s top political video — and one of the top ten watched overall today — is a recent stump speech by former President Bill Clinton interacting with vocal anti-abortion protesters.

In the name of…