The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was.

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

The general election is not an organizational exercise - it's a mass media exercise.

It does no good to be a conservative if you can't sell a conservative message in a general election.

Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions.

That 1983 general election contained the telltale seeds of eventual Scottish Tory self-destruction.