Brian Goldsmith

Brian Goldsmith is a contributor to TheAtlantic.com. A former political producer for the CBS Evening News, he is now a student at Stanford Law School.

Gingrich-Santorum 2012: The Only Way to Stop Romney Now

Gingrich-Santorum 2012: The Only Way to Stop Romney Now

If the two team up, they can unite the conservative vote, capture the press' attention all week, and beat Romney on Saturday. If not, they're headed home. More »

It's Not Too Late to Go Negative on Mitt Romney

It's Not Too Late to Go Negative on Mitt Romney

The GOP front-runner is racing toward a presidential hat trick in South Carolina, and there's only one way to stop him. More »

Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is

Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is

Democrats have repeatedly sought a compromise deal on the debt. Why blame the whole city for Republican intransigence? More »

How Not to Win the Future

How Not to Win the Future

The White House may be more disciplined this year, but it still doesn't know how to negotiate More »

What Palin (and Other GOP Leaders) Doesn't Get About Ronald Reagan

What Palin (and Other GOP Leaders) Doesn't Get About Ronald Reagan

Reagan's real record would repel most of the social and economic conservatives who now deify him More »

Make the Case, Mr. President

Make the Case, Mr. President

Obama should use the August recess to streamline his messaging on the economy and on the war in Afghanistan More »

Florida, the Canary in the Coal Mine

Florida, the Canary in the Coal Mine

New poll numbers show two wealthy but deeply flawed outsiders leading in the state's gubernatorial and Senate primaries. Is this a sign of what November holds for incumbents? More »

A Wrong Turn on Climate Change

A Wrong Turn on Climate Change

Elite Democrats blame a lack of follow-up, Climategate, and health care, and recommend next steps More »

10 Races to Watch in 2010

10 Races to Watch in 2010

Ohio, California, Nevada, Florida -- the stakes are high going into this year's midterm elections More »

A New 'Daisy Ad'

A New 'Daisy Ad'

A GOP candidate to replace Pete Hoekstra reworks Lyndon Johnson's "Daisy" ad implying nuclear holocaust were he not re-elected More »

Can Obama Save the Midterms?

Can Obama Save the Midterms?

Advisers debate how the president can intervene most effectively in midterm elections More »

On the GOP and Cutting Spending

On the GOP and Cutting Spending

Republicans need an answer on how they would cut spending More »

Defending the 'Bailout'

Defending the 'Bailout'

Political strategists explain the gap between bailout policy and bailout politics -- and tell incumbents how to defend their TARP votes More »

Bush Advisers: We're Not Hoover

Bush Advisers: We're Not Hoover

But they won't go as far right as some of today's GOP leaders. More »

The 'Scalia of the Left' Speaks Out on Kagan Hearings

The 'Scalia of the Left' Speaks Out on Kagan Hearings

Legal scholar Pamela Karlan on Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings More »

The Trouble With Harry

The Trouble With Harry

Despite his Senate status and B-list opponent, Harry Reid is down in the polls. Nevada politicos weigh in on the forces at work. More »

Scott Brown's Strange Populism

Scott Brown's Strange Populism

The Massachusetts senator's anti-tax crusade probably won't help the middle class, or the economy More »

Bill Clinton's Surprise Endorsement in Colorado

Bill Clinton's Surprise Endorsement in Colorado

The former president pulled a fast one by endorsing insurgent Andrew Romanoff in his primary race against Democratic Senator Michael Bennet More »

A Jerry Brown Republican

A Jerry Brown Republican

Why is a controversial Republican consultant known for his anti-immigration past advising California's Democratic candidate for governor? More »

Political Players: Sen. Alexander Predicts Health Care Repeal Push, Embraces Tea Partiers

The Tennessee Republican talks health care, tea parties with Brian Goldsmith More »

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