WASHINGTON – Critics of a ballot initiative that would retroactively transform the waythe statedistributes its electoral votes inthe presidential election say they worryColorado could mimic another infamous state in the 2000 election. “We don’t want Colorado to be the Florida of 2004,” said Kate Atkinson, spokeswoman for a group called …

The latest from the Political Grapevine: Election Week Surprise? CBS’“60 Minutes” (search)is now acknowledging that it had planned to broadcast the questionable story of missing weapons in Iraq two days before the presidential election. And it’s clear CBS had been working on the story for some time, having conducted interviews …

You can put the AARP into the progressive camp. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” “The Factor” likes full disclosure. That is, we want powerful people to be honest about their beliefs and agendas. That’s only fair. In life, we should all know where people are …

Madonna’s ‘Conversion’ | ‘Fahrenheit’ Heat | Getting Sirius With Soul Reinvented: Madonna’s ‘Hebrew’ Not Her Act Madonna‘s “Reinvention Tour” winds up its run tonight at Madison Square Garden before heading out to the hinterland. Fans in New York and other citieshave been scratching their heads, though, trying to figure out …

Jacko Witnesses |Gotti’s Daughter Jacko: Another Doctor Will Testify There are more doctors in the Michael Jackson case than you’ll find on a golf course in Westchester County on a Wednesday afternoon. But one doctor you’ll find in Miami could turn out to be an excellent witness for the defense. …

Mel Gibson |Elaine Stritch |Oscars Mel Gibson: $5 Mil to Fringe Church Mel Gibson‘s put his money where his mouth is. By now everyone in the world knows he’s spent $25 million to make “The Passion of the Christ” and promised nearly $25M more to market it. But what you …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. A possible murder in the womb, that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Utah authorities have charged 28-year-oldMelissa Ann Rowland (search)with first-degree murder after she refused a C-section that would have saved the life of her baby …

Antibacterial soaps and cleansers offer little protection against infectious disease, the media smugly reported this week. Consumers have once again had the wool pulled over their eyes by businesses exploiting the public’s hyper-health consciousness, intoned the media reports. Once again, though, the media focused on a sensational non-story while utterly …

Watching coverage of the Iowa caucuses this week and then the president’sState of the Union (search)address got me to thinking about what I’d say if I were running for president. How’s this: My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for …

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kerry‘s (search) defeat to President Bush (search) seemed to catch plenty of impassioned Democrats off guard, leading the party faithful to come up with an array of causal explanations, many of which can be traced to 2000 but have been largely ignored since then. Following defeat …