“David Gergen” on The Daily Caller

Eleven years after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, on the eve of America’s great centennial celebration, counterfeiters formed a plot to steal his body from its honored grave in Springfield, Illinois. They had plans to hold the body for ransom. The U.S. Secret Service was able, happily, to disrupt this ghoulish plot. (more)

President Obama used his health care summit Thursday to give his side every advantage possible. Whenever opponents spoke, he got to respond. By appointing himself the moderator, Obama gave himself the first word, the last word, and the most words. (more)

Since the moment Republican senatorial candidate Scott Brown made Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts a horse race, the reporting of his improbable ascent has been downright offensive. (more)

Ted Kennedy may be gone, but his name is all over the Massachusetts Senate race. (more)

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and the family of Edward M. Kennedy pushed Thursday to keep a Democrat in the late senator’s seat and protect a 60th vote needed to pass the health care bill that would be Kennedy’s legacy. (more)

Even experienced political observers are slightly incredulous at what has happened over the past week in Massachusetts: a Republican state senator most well known for posing nude in Cosmo 28 years ago and for his daughter’s appearance on “American Idol” is within striking distance of taking Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat – and possibly health-care reform – from the Democrats. (more)

Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown’s war chest has more than $1 million more in it after Monday’s money bomb fundraiser exploded into some major bucks for the Senate hopeful. (more)