R. (Robert) Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, founder of the conservative American Spectator magazine, and a contributing editor of the conservative New York Sun. Although Tyrrell has borne the title of "editor in chief" of the Spectator since its founding in 1967, his long-time associate from Indiana University, Wladyslaw Pleszczynski, has done done the real work of putting out a monthly magazine.

Tyrrell is the author of "Public Nuisances" (1979), "The Liberal Crack-Up" (1984), "The Conservative Crack-Up" (1987), the best-seller "Boy Clinton: The Political Biography" (1997), co-author of "The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton: A Political-Docudrama" (1997), and most recently author of Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House (2003), a book likening Hillary Clinton's tenure as First Lady to the reign of a pre-revolutionary French monarch.

Opinion on US Democratic candidates

Tyrrell wrote:

"John Kerry is an absurd figure. His campaign was dead in the water late in 2003 and only picked up steam when Democratic primary voters noted that their front-runner, Dr. Howard Dean of unhappy memory, was even more absurd." [1] (http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040401-090720-8681r.htm)

External link

• Healing the Poll Wounds (http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040401-090720-8681r.htm) - Commentary in Washington Times