Just when you thought the Bush-Cheney administration could stoop no lower in foreign policy, the president has played the Hitler card in this presidential race.

The venue for this outlandish move wasn't in Washington or even the ranch in Texas but before the Knesset in Jerusalem. The Jewish state, and the important Jewish electorate back home, are naturally sensitive to any references to Nazi Germany.

Bush was speaking of appeasement against those who would negotiate with terrorists. The White House spokeswoman, with a straight face, claimed the reference was not to Sen. Barack Obama.

Even if Sen. John McCain should win the presidency in November, he is almost certain to face a more Democratic, and perhaps hostile, Congress.

The latest evidence is a stunning result in a GOP congressional district in Mississippi. A district south of the Memphis suburbs, one of the most conservative in the nation, elected a Democrat in a special election yesterday. And the margin was a comfortable 8 points.

John Edwards, the former Democratic senator from North Carolina, vice presidential nominee, and—briefly this year—presidential aspirant, is playing games with his preference for his party's nomination. Truth be told, it really doesn't matter at this late hour.

Edwards holds a meager handful of pledged delegates, and even they can act as free agents at the convention in Denver. Perhaps Edwards simply wants to hear his name placed in nomination so he can speak at the convention.

There is debatable evidence that right-wing radio and TV commentator Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" resulted in Sen. Hillary Clinton's narrow victory in Indiana's Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Operation Chaos is Limbaugh's effort to encourage Republican voters to reregister as Democrats or cross over in primaries that permit it, like Indiana's. A vote for Clinton, in Limbaugh's master plan, assures an extended Democratic primary, weakening the eventual nominee.

Lost in the turmoil and media coverage of the Democratic race for president is the protest vote being cast against Sen. John McCain in the Republican primaries despite his lock on the nomination.

Roughly one fourth of Republican voters have taken the trouble in recent weeks to cast votes for others whose names still appear on ballots.

NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS—Foreign policy analysts and citizens in the United States should pay attention to the words of a retired Dutch diplomat. Whether we agree with him or not, his words have context in today's problems.

Nicolaas Wegter says Europe and especially his native Netherlands will never forget what American troops did for the Dutch in World War II. This city, close to the German border, was freed from the Nazis by American forces after a fierce and bloody battle.

The Democratic presidential nominee this fall—whether Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton—is going to be flawed.

And this is long before the Republicans and their wild-eyed, right-wing allies unload on either one.

Senator Clinton bears more of the blame than her younger rival. At nearly every crazy turn in this long race, she has behaved as if she is entitled to the nomination come hell or high water.