SAN ANTONIO, Texas—It was hardly the kind of symbolism an embattled candidate would hope for: appearing at an event within a stone’s throw of the Alamo last night, Hillary Clinton had only spoken for a few moments when the lights illuminating her on the open-air stage went out.

Clinton made no reference to the power failure and normal service was duly restored in time for her to launch her newly-sharpened attacks on Barack Obama.

Using the same concept as her controversial ‘telephone’ TV ad, Clinton asserted, “When the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the White House, there isn’t a time for speeches, there is no time for on-the-job training. You need someone with the strength and experience to make a decision.”  read more »

Well, the Cyrus clan has done it again. Both father and daughter have taken something that should annoy and frustrate—Billy Ray’s cloying country ballad “Achy Breaky Heart” and Miley Cyrus’s saccharine, yet sassy songstress on Hannah Montana—and spun pop culture gold. (This is the sports equivalent of two brothers winning back-to-back Super Bowls. Oh, wait!) But don’t think this country star’s charm is limited to the flyover states—city gals have lapped it up, too, from Brearley to Bronx Science. It’s Hannah Manhattan!  read more »