2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS:

Barack Obama
Barack is catching fire. He was criticized by all the pundits for not getting tough enough with Hillary, but his campaign pointed out there was plenty of time. After Labor Day he sharpened his campaign, and now he's surging in the early states.

Hillary Clinton
She's had a tough month. Her disciplined and programmed style seemed to work for a while as all the experts discussed her inevitable win, but then she stumbled in a debate, and her attack-oriented campaign started with a silly counter-attack that made her look like a fool. Can she recover?

John Edwards
Edwards has completely transformed himself since the 2004 campaign. He used to be the cautious candidate, but now he's letting it all hang out. What made the difference? It might be his realization that he completely screwed up supporting Bush's war, and his admition that he made a mistake probably freed him to be more candid. Elizabeth's cancer situation also seems to have liberated him. He can't be counted out.

Bill Richardson
The resume candidate is hanging in there but he hasn't made a big impact.

Chris Dodd
Good man, but no one seems to be listening.

Joe Biden
He's been incredibly disciplined given his tendency to talk too much, but he hasn't caught fire. Yet he's been invaluable in the debates as an experienced voice of reason on foreign policy.

Dennis Kucinich
Dennis has no chance, but he contributes to the debates.


2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS:

Mike Huckabee
His rise in the GOP field has been spectacular. He's the optimistic, feel-good candidate, and he's the favorite of evangelicals.

Rudy Giuliani
Fear and 9/11. It's a shame that this practical moderate has resorted to such a lame strategy.

Mitt Romney
He's dropping like a rock. All that money bought him a lead in Iowa as he tried to woo religious voters, yet he seems to have lost them all to Huckabee.

John McCain
His lame campaign still has some life and he's trying to revive his "straight-talk" reputation.

Fred Thompson - coming soon
Not living up to all the hype.

Ron Paul
What a breath of fresh air! Paul proves that there are some small-government conservatives left in this country.

BUSH ADMINISTRATION:

George W. Bush
Dick Cheney - Vice President
Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense
Condoleezza Rice - Secretary of State

Supreme Court nomination
President Bush selected John G. Roberts and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. as the Court's newest members. Will he get another appointment before the end of his term? Here are some of the remaining candidates.

Janice Rogers Brown
Edith Brown Clement
John Cornyn
Emilio M. Garza
Alberto R. Gonzales
Edith Hollan Jones
J. Michael Luttig
Michael W. McConnell
Ted Olson
J. Harvie Wilkinson

2004 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:

George W. Bush
John Kerry
Ralph Nader
John Edwards
Howard Dean
Al Sharpton
Dennis Kucinich
Wesley Clark
Joe Lieberman

MORE PROFILES:

George Tenet - Former CIA Director
Colin Powell - Former Secretary of State