Can Republicans come back from their "thumpin'"? Three conservatives plot the future of the GOP, and handicap the chances of Sarah Palin and other 2012 contenders.

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In some Florida counties, election officials voluntarily hand-counted ballots that machines couldn't read -- exactly what Gore wants in Miami-Dade -- and the governor came out ...

Forging the missing case for war In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking ...