...redistricting, there will be more contested primaries than usual as the new districts create opportunities for ambitious politicians. But veteran observers predict those opportunities will be fewer than after the last three redistricting cycles...

Comments from our readers:Mr. Kirby writes about the obnoxious, automatic phone calls from ambitious politicians who're running for office. The only way to return those calls is to vote against every single one of these illigitimos who called...

...and admirable leadership in putting his country's interests above the poll-driven fascinations of the overly ambitious politician. Thank you, Sen. McCain. Fact is, his speech Wednesday at the Virginia Military Institute was as inspired...

...leader. Lately, we've seen too little of these qualities in our elected officials. We've seen too many ambitious politicians, who think emulating former President Bill Clinton is the key to success. Yet Mr. Barrett is a true gentleman...

Sometimes it can be difficult to know when an ambitious politician is acting on the public's behalf or his own. That's certainly been true of South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon...

...governor, a close friend in the U.S. Senate died unexpectedly. The news was followed quickly by a call from an ambitious politician who asked that he be named "to take the senator's place.""That's perfectly agreeable to me," said our...