The operative emotion is anger. The voters are almost as furious with the Democrats for their inability to end the Iraq War as they are with President Bush for prolonging it. Democrat Chellie Pingree lost by 16 points when she challenged Maine Republican Susan Collins in 2002. Now Collins, running for re-election in ‘08, is on everybody’s endangered list. After much public agonizing, she became one of the four Republicans this week to break with Bush and vote with the Democrats on the war....

Whether the term is Reagan Democrats or NASCAR dads, they’re euphemisms for the white men who deserted a party they thought focused too much on the rights of blacks and women. No Democratic candidate for president has won a majority of the white vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Bill Clinton came close, but with Ross Perot in the race siphoning off votes, even Clinton with his natural affinity for lower-income working-class folks, people he grew up with and understood, fell short when the votes were counted....

Thatcher was stern and steely. Bachelet’s style, by contrast, is all about dialogue and engagement. It got her elected in a country accustomed to more authoritarian male leadership. But it’s getting mixed reviews as she attempts to impose gender parity on the government, bring in new people and move out some of the old guard. A member of the Socialist Party, she got elected despite resistance from her own governing coalition of four center-left parties, and criticism of her leadership is coming principally from what one cabinet minister calls “the enemy within....

“Today, we’re announcing a new monetization policy for Google advertisers, publishers and YouTube creators that will prohibit ads for, and monetization of, content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change,” the Google Ads team said in a statement about the new policy. “This includes content referring to climate change as a hoax or a scam, claims denying that long-term trends show the global climate is warming, and claims denying that greenhouse gas emissions or human activity contribute to climate change,” the statement added....

The organization has conducted an analysis of current heat trends to make predictions about the future climate for a new report and accompanying study published in the journal Environmental Research Communications. “Extreme heat is dangerous, and it can be deadly—it is currently one of the top weather-related causes of death in the United States,” Rachel Licker, Senior Climate Scientist, at UCS told Newsweek. “Extreme heat is projected to increase as a result of global warming, but we noticed that there was a lack of national-scale information on how extreme heat is likely to change in the most commonly reported term our country uses—the heat index, or, “feels like” temperature which results from the combination of temperature and humidity,” she said....

He feels pressure because he is in the final year of his three-year contract with Michael Waltrip Racing. The contracts for Bowyer and sponsor Five-Hour Energy are set to expire after 2013. That uncertainty plus frustration over finishing seventh in the standings and going winless last year has him motivated. He won three races and finished second in points in 2012. MORE: Winning key in new Chase format | New Chase rules earn high praise | Great move, or PR stunt...

The USA’s bid to win its sixth Gold Cup title started successfully in Frisco, Texas, outside Dallas, although coach Jurgen Klinsmann may have some concerns about how his team played, with Honduras arguably controlling play for the better half of the contest. MORE: International soccer rivalries | President congratulates USWNT on World Cup triumph After USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan was forced into two early saves, a scrappy opening 20 minutes included three times as many fouls (nine) as shots (three) and the home side failing to open up Honduras’ defense effectively....

But anybody looking through Hillary Clinton’s newly released White House records for clues as to how she handled this personal crisis will find … absolutely nothing. The more than 10,000 pages, released by the National Archives in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, purport to be the New York senator’s daily schedules for her entire eight-year tenure as First Lady–the first major “document dump” from the Clinton Library in Little Rock....

Griffin, 25, will be arraigned by a justice of the peace, according to The Associated Press. He could serve up to a year in jail if he is convicted. MORE: Griffin’s transforms to complete player | Top 10 in missed shots | Celebrties at games Daniel Schuman, 39, filed a complaint on Oct. 19 which listed Griffin as a suspect. A criminal complaint was filed Friday, according to the AP, and a summons was issued for Griffin’s arrest....

George went 3-of-14 shooting, including 1-of-7 from three-point range, providing just nine points as the Clippers lost 135-133 in overtime to a Luka Doncic-inspired Mavericks, who levelled the Western Conference series at 2-2. George, who once referred to himself as ‘Playoff P’ due to his ability to deliver in the postseason, has the lowest effective field-goal percentage (34.8 per cent) of any player to have taken at least 50 shots in these playoffs....

If you have yet to see Chuck the Condor, brace yourself. Chuck came to life after a mad scientist accidentally combined the DNA of a condor, a toucan, Big Bird from “Sesame Street” and possibly the liquid T-1000 from “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” MORE: Best, worst and most ridiculous sports mascots As if Chuck wasn’t terrifying enough, he also knows how to use trampolines and dunk a basketball. How can Clippers owner Steve Ballmer be cool with this?...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), over 9% of U.S. adults meet the diagnostic criteria for a personality disorder. People with cluster B personality disorders—the most common type—tend to exhibit dramatic, emotional, and/or erratic behavior. The four types of cluster B personality disorders, including histrionic personality disorder (HPD), antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). This article will discuss these types, including their traits, causes, diagnosis, and treatment....

Vince McMahon acknowledged that during his interview with Steve Austin on the WWE Network Monday night and apologized for what he said was a “miscommunication” with the talent relations department and hopes that the two can work together in the future. MORE: McMahon thinks current WWE locker room lacks ambition | Kurt Angle announces his wrestling future Punk was back on the podcast again this week and didn’t buy what McMahon was selling....

Squawk Alley ran a segment Monday morning on the popular tech show highlighting Senator Bernie Sanders pulling in more fourth-quarter fundraising cash than any other 2020 Democratic candidates. But the CNBC producers created a graphic which placed Redpoint Ventures founding partner Geoff Yang over the face of lawyer-turned-businessman Andrew Yang, prompting his supporters to again accuse the network of ignoring or purposely downplaying his campaign. Additionally, the same graphic put Gillibrand’s face over that of Gabbard’s - another candidate whose supporters routinely accuse the “mainstream media” of intentional blackouts....

“Whatever you think of this speech, the military is supposed to be apolitical. Positioning Marines in uniform behind President Biden for a political speech flies in the face of that. It’s wrong when Democrats do it. It’s wrong when Republicans do it,” Keilar said in a tweet on Thursday evening. Others called out Biden for using Marines during the primetime address. “We need to make sure that our military is as removed from politics as possible and it’s not right if a Democrat uses the military as a political pawn and it’s not right if the Republican Party does it as well....

“The less you believe real reporting, the more you might fall for his [Trump’s] unreality,” Stelter warned during a segment of his Sunday show Reliable Sources. “So that when he says two plus two is five, you’ll believe him.” Displaying a quote from 1984 on the screen, Stelter explained his reference to the classic dystopian novel. The 1984 excerpt referenced by Stelter reads: “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it....

Speaking on CNN on Monday, Cooper told viewers that at least five people have been reported killed by Dorian as it passed over the Bahamas on Sunday, destroying homes and flooding parts of the Abaco Islands in the northwest of the archipelago. The president canceled a visit to Poland to stay in the U.S. and lead the response to the looming disaster, but was soon spotted playing golf at a Trump-branded course in Virginia on Saturday....

Tapper’s guests for the segment were Jane Coaston, senior political writer for Vox, and Bari Weiss, opinion columnist and editor for The New York Times. Weiss has also written a book called How to Fight Anti-Semitism. “This is kind of a sensitive question,” Tapper asked, “but do you think the reaction by the politicians and the media would be any different if these recent anti-Semitic attacks had been committed by white supremacists instead of who they were committed by?...

Roach seemed to see it first, and he mimicked his coach, and then each of the other four Duke players followed. It was not as Jerome Robbins-choreographed as it might have been back in Quin Snyder’s day, or Steve Wojciechowski’s, when those floor slaps became the trademark of the burgeoning Blue Devils program as a representation of their collective commitment to defense. “What the hell? Why not?” Krzyzewski told The Sporting News....