Quoted: Here, a guide to the unsavory characters who have been associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Quoted: "Yes, we can" vs. "Yes, she can." There you have the key difference between the two campaigns.

Quoted: If Mr. Obama doesn’t fight, no one else will. Few national Democratic leaders have the courage to stand up to the Clintons.

Quoted: One problem with the George W. Bush administration is that it has brought a kind of plural presidency in through the back door. Vice President Dick Cheney has run his own executive department, with its own intelligence and military operations, not open to scrutiny, as he hides behind the putative president.

No other vice president in our history has taken on so many presidential prerogatives, with so few checks. He is an example of the very thing James Wilson was trying to prevent by having one locus of authority in the executive. The attempt to escape single responsibility was perfectly exemplified when his counsel argued that Mr. Cheney was not subject to executive rules because he was also part of the legislature.

We have seen in this campaign how former President Clinton rushes to the defense of presidential candidate Clinton. Will that pattern of protection be continued into the new presidency, with not only his defending her but also her defending whatever he might do in his energetic way while she’s in office? It seems likely. And at a time when we should be trying to return to the single-executive system the Constitution prescribes, it does not seem to be a good idea to put another co-president in the White House.

Quoted: THE LATEST news from presidential front-runners Hillary Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani illustrates their very different views of power and the presidency.

Quoted: In fact, nearly as many of Mrs. Clinton’s backers say they are supporting her because of her husband as say they are supporting her because ...