Who Will Be the Next Alpha Democrat? Seven candidates for party chairman try to pull ahead of the pack in a Sacramento forum. By Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO — The race for Democratic Party chairman came west Saturday with seven contestants, including two former congressmen and former presidential front-runner Howard Dean, auditioning for the chance to lead the country's minority party over the next four years. Addressing a small audience of Democratic insiders — 6...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush will nominate former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to take over as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, two administration officials said Thursday. Kerik led the New York City Police Department through the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and their aftermath. He is currently a senior vice president of Giuliani Partners, the consulting firm founded by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who appointed him as commissioner...

Perhaps nothing about President Bush's re-election unhinged Democrats more than the roughly 20% of voters who cited "moral values" as their top concern. Never mind the tizzy of soul searching it has provoked among party officials. (Why do churchgoers hate us? Is Howard Dean too godless to head the Democratic National Committee?) You can't even have a beer with a rank-and-file liberal these days without the conversation degenerating into paranoid fantasies about how evangelical leaders...

Here is a Democrats view as to what DEMOCRATS should do…. Homeland security: Heal our relationships with foreign countries to stop terrorists from reaching U.S. soil. Pursue within the United Nations ways of bringing down the governments classified within the Axis of Evil. Push the intelligence reform bill through legislature and unify our intelligence operations. The War on Terror: Secure ALL Al Qaeda and Terrorists networks leaders with the help of those we have neglected. Bring a new s...

Here is a Democrats view as to what DEMOCRATS should do…. Homeland security: Heal our relationships with foreign countries to stop terrorists from reaching U.S. soil. Pursue within the United Nations ways of bringing down the governments classified within the Axis of Evil. Push the intelligence reform bill through legislature and unify our intelligence operations. The War on Terror: Secure ALL Al Qaeda and Terrorists networks leaders with the help of those we have neglected. Bring a new se...

After their overwhelming defeat this past election their has been much talk of whats next for the party. New leaders in the senate and DNC are needed, so for the senate the democrats naturally chose somenone from their party considered concervative. Wait a minute is that really the face of the Party? As for the new DNC chairman its rummored to be either Howard Dean or John Edwards. Wait a minute didn't both of these people loose the parties presidential ticket? As is seen the article Democra...