Everything You Think You Know About South Carolina Is Wrong
The Palmetto State's reputation for conservatism shouldn't obscure the fact that establishment candidates like Mitt Romney can rely on it.… More »
The Palmetto State's reputation for conservatism shouldn't obscure the fact that establishment candidates like Mitt Romney can rely on it.… More »
With few strong Democratic contenders in sight, the centrist Nebraskan's exit means Republicans are more likely to capture the upper chamber.… More »
In the event he were elected, Newt Gingrich would be as old as Ronald Reagan was when he took office.… More »
Democrats and Republicans have offered up different solutions for lowering the deficit, and a new poll shows opinions divided… More »
National Journal's latest survey also shows broad public backing for Democrats plan to raise taxes on millionaires… More »
After running on hope, the president has given up his optimistic rhetoric, acknowledging a dismal economy and difficult politics… More »
The Minnesota congresswoman and tea-party presidential candidate has found support in criticizing Rick Perry's executive order… More »
In the latest Congressional Connection Poll, respondents supported a mix of ideas for balancing America's books… More »
A new poll shows Democratic and Republican voters pulling their leaders in opposite directions on deficit and raising the federal ceiling… More »
But also adds that "mutually agreed upon land swaps" should be part of the deal… More »
The showdown with Gov. Walker could be a flashpoint in labor politics… More »
The president hailed nonviolent protests as a force for democracy worldwide… More »
Obama will face a daunting task when he speaks in Tucson tonight… More »
The attack raises questions about politics and the country… More »
One man's decades-long moveable feast and what it tells you about Washington, D.C.'s changing food culture… More »
Deals on START, gays in the military, and a tax cut compromise could give the embattled president a lift going into 2011… More »
For 12 presidents, the peninsula has been a political and military minefield… More »
One of the tropes of modern politics is to establish oneself as a sensible centrist, a Third Way realist surrounded by naivety on both sides. And so Bill Clinton rejected, he said, the "brain dead politics" of the left and right and revived the term, Third Way, once used for non-aligned nations navigating between communism and capitalism. Obama's notion that one group favors the status quo while another wants a massive escalation in Afghanistan ,and a third wants a…… More »
It's World AIDS Day, a time to reflect and act on this disease that's ravaged our planet and loved ones. I support all the efforts to promote prevention, cures, awareness, sympathy. One campaign that's well-intentioned and provocative but I think misses the mark is the AIDS is DC's Katrina campaign, sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The campaign notes the incredibly high rates of infection in the District of Columbia and likens it to the Bush…… More »
The White House is letting reporters on a conference call know that troop draw down will begin in July 2011 from Afghanistan. It doesn't say anything about the pace of withdrawal, which will depend on various benchmarks, but it does mean that some "thinning" will begin there. Will 7/11 become as emblematic as 9/11, as the date when the Wars of 9/11 begin to come to a close, two months shy of a decade? Doubtful, in the extreme, of course. We'll still be in Iraq and…… More »
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