From The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza on Mitt Romney’s strategies for success. Ken Silverstein on Making Mitt Romney: How to fabricate a conservative. In his only attempt to manage a high-profile Senate hearing, lawyer-turned-actor Fred Thompson blew it. Rudy's Bird of Prey: Giuliani's conservative kingmaker Paul Singer knows all about the ugly side of Third World debt—he invented it. Rudy's debating secret: Why Giuliani keeps trouncing his opponents when they go head to head. The Great Protectors: How the GOP became safe for Ron Paul's trade and monetary views. How do they (the Republicans) expect to win? Joseph Lane investigates. Candidate Hillary as the GOP's dream: A campaign against Sen. Clinton may give Republicans the best shot at running as the party of change. Hendrik Hertzberg on political dynasties in the US. Caitlin Flanagan reviews A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein; Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets; It Takes a Village; and Living History by Hillary Clinton. A review of For Love of Politics—Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years by Sally Bedell Smith (and more). Hillary Clinton faces a viral-video "truth-boating", titled "The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!" An article on the New Clinton Propaganda Machine: Watch it rev up. A review of God and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life by Paul Kengor. Obama’s in the eye of the beholder: Can the junior senator from Illinois be both a stalwart progressive and a post-ideological unifier? An article on the disappointingly conventional Obama campaign.
