Mary Lynn Jones

There are lots of ways to meet people these days: dating Web sites, newspaper personals, matchmaking services. And then there’s the newest one: appearing on a reality-television show. Trista Rehn takes it one step further. Rehn was spurned last year on ABC’s The Bachelor. But she got a sweet consolation prize: a chance to be […]

As the 108th Congress convened today, the two men charged with leading the Democrats in recent years each made stunning announcements. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) declared that he will not run for president in 2004, while former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) has decided not to seek re-election to Congress next year. […]

Al Gore’s decision to drop out of the presidential race last month signaled a huge shift for the Democratic Party. Not only did he leave the primary field wide open but, for the first time in a dozen years, the party’s nominee will likely hail from north of the Mason-Dixon Line. And if President Bush […]

The Bush White House has never had a lot of respect for Congress. Vice President Dick Cheney refused to turn over key documents about who sat on his energy task force to the General Accounting Office, Congress’ investigative arm. President George W. Bush claimed that his head of homeland security, Tom Ridge, didn’t have to […]

It’s unclear whether Sen. Trent Lott’s (R-Miss.) apology this afternoon for his remarks praising Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) segregationist past is enough to save his job as incoming majority leader. What is clear is that he should step down from the leadership post for holding views out of step with — and an outrage to […]

When you think of the words “principled leadership,” the image of Katherine Harris may not come automatically to mind. After all, this is the woman who conveniently forgot to resign her job as secretary of state before she filed to run for Congress this summer (even though she was in charge of the state’s election […]

Two of President Bush’s top economic advisers stepped down today, in a move that likely reflects the administration’s growing concerns about the economy’s slow recovery. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and Lawrence Lindsey, who headed the White House National Economic Council, announced Friday that they are leaving their jobs. Both men had come under criticism, O’Neill […]

At first glance, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) seems like the perfect presidential candidate for Democrats: He’s handsome, smart and southern, and he’s a man with a compelling personal story. But go beyond the media’s surface fascination with him and you’ll find an inexperienced pol who isn’t well-known — and may not even be re-elected in […]