You watched many of the winners of the primaries last night...but the biggest winner wasn't a candidate... it was a party, the Tea Party, thanks to Christine O’Donnell's victory in Delaware, and Carl Paladino's in New York. And don't discount New Hampshire...where Tea Party backed Ovide Lamontagne came mighty close to winning a senate primary.
We don't know any of the winners or losers yet--and there are no exit polls to guide us. But we've already learned plenty on this primary day.
The votes are still being counted, and it looks like there may be a September surprise brewing in New Hampshire...an upset big enough to make national headlines.
There were four gubernatorial candidates when the debate began, but as it continued, Tim Cahill and Jill Stein seemed to disappear, leaving the stage to Democrat Deval Patrick and Republican Charlie Baker.
The Labor Day parades are over...and so, unofficially, is the summer. Even the Red Sox are done.
Nothing is easy anymore for President Obama. Virtually everything he says divides America into cheers and jeers, and tonight's speech was no exception: it will be praised, and panned.
Seven years and one president ago, the U.S. invaded Iraq with an opening salvo of shock and awe...designed to make Saddam Hussein quickly surrender.
They're off...and the governor's race is on.
Expanded gambling is going nowhere at the State House right now, but Beacon Hill still looks like a casino. Many of the biggest bettors are the biggest losers.
Criticizing John Kerry is so easy, but I'm not sure it accomplishes anything.
What's most newsworthy about this trip is the trip: it was a surprise. But, no one should be surprised it was kept secret.
First of all, don't be fooled. The battle in Washington is not about the people who are already unemployed, it's about the politicians who are worried voters will soon make them unemployed.
Prices on stamps have increased six times since 2001, and the post office is still in debt. What should the government do? 7's political editor Andy Hiller has his answer in the Hiller Instinct.
The end of General McChrystal is just the beginning of a new chapter in Afghanistan and the White House.
Lose, lose. That's the place you never want to be when you're making a decision, the place where there are no good choices and the place where General McChrystal has put President Obama.
How can we not be shocked, and even scared, when no one in our government knew an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico could become...
The President was in the Oval Office tonight because he had to be: he needed the most prestigious symbol of the presidency to help persuade Americans he's in control of the Gulf oil crisis.
When people are angry and frustrated -- and want to be sure you know it -- they often use a word or phrase that even they would agree later was inappropriate, much less presidential.
City councilors called what the firefighters did today "significant, even unprecedented," and to that I'd add "clever, even brilliant."