Molly Ball

Molly Ball is a staff writer covering national politics at The Atlantic.

5 Things More Interesting Than the GOP Primary Happening in Wisconsin

5 Things More Interesting Than the GOP Primary Happening in Wisconsin

The Republican presidential contest is the least consequential drama on the Badger State's crowded political scene these days. More »

Issue May 2012

Can the Tea Party Take Japan?

Tokyo conservatives look westward for inspiration.

This Election Will Be All About Women

This Election Will Be All About Women

A new poll shows how pivotal the female vote will be in the general election -- and calls into question Mitt Romney's strategy for reaching them. More »

Romney's New Attack on Obama

Romney's New Attack on Obama

Turning to the general election, the likely Republican nominee paints a picture of the president as a shallow, power-hungry narcissist. More »

Republicans Struggling to Praise Mitt Romney

Republicans Struggling to Praise Mitt Romney

The GOP is falling in line behind the all-but-inevitable nominee, but they're doing it with gritted teeth and a sense of obligation. More »

If Obamacare Is Overturned, Can Democrats Recover?

If Obamacare Is Overturned, Can Democrats Recover?

A Supreme Court rejection of the president's signature domestic accomplishment would deal a severe, long-lasting blow to the progressive ideal. More »

Desperate Campaign Watch: Santorum's Bowling Challenge

Desperate Campaign Watch: Santorum's Bowling Challenge

The pointless, attention-grabbing throwdown -- like the one Rick Santorum issued to Mitt Romney -- is a common tactic of underdog campaigns. More »

Was Mitt Romney Funny on Jay Leno?

Was Mitt Romney Funny on Jay Leno?

Appearing on the late-night comedian's show for the first time this campaign, Romney demonstrated the mix of gravitas and relatability we demand from our leaders. More »

Newt Gingrich, Cheerful Zombie

Newt Gingrich, Cheerful Zombie

The former House speaker, a dead man walking in the Republican presidential primary, contemplates history and the moon in his campaign's twilight. More »

Inside Rick Santorum's Alternate Reality

Inside Rick Santorum's Alternate Reality

Everyone is telling the Republican presidential candidate the race is over and he can't win. But he's not going anywhere anytime soon. More »

Why Rick Santorum Won't Be Romney's Running Mate

Why Rick Santorum Won't Be Romney's Running Mate

Santorum's liabilities, and the availability of better options, meant he was never in the veepstakes running. Has that made the race longer and nastier? More »

Romney: Bush, Not Obama, Saved the Economy

Romney: Bush, Not Obama, Saved the Economy

On a day when the Republican nominee-in-waiting should have been doing a victory lap, things didn't quite go as planned. More »

Romney Wins Big in Illinois

Romney Wins Big in Illinois

A convincing win for the GOP front-runner could mean the end is finally at hand in the long primary race. More »

Will the Illinois Primary Finally End the GOP Race?

Will the Illinois Primary Finally End the GOP Race?

Even if Romney scores a landslide victory, his opponents will likely fight for the nomination as long as anyone is willing to vote for them. More »

Rick Santorum's Illinois Comedy of Errors

Rick Santorum's Illinois Comedy of Errors

The total ineptness of his ragtag, seat-of-the-pants campaign is killing his momentum -- and making Mitt Romney look better by comparison. More »

Mitt Romney's Counterfactual Economic Argument

Mitt Romney's Counterfactual Economic Argument

He may still be slogging it out in the Republican primary, but he used a speech in Chicago to try to shape his general-election message. More »

Newt Gingrich, Agent of Chaos

Newt Gingrich, Agent of Chaos

Liberated from the fiction of actually trying to become president, Gingrich has become his truest self -- a gleeful saboteur. More »

Has Mitt Romney Run a Lousy Campaign?

Has Mitt Romney Run a Lousy Campaign?

The Republican presidential candidate is winning in the ugliest way imaginable. Is it all his fault, or has his team made a series of avoidable mistakes? More »

Santorum Sweeps, Romney Suffers in Southern Primaries

Santorum Sweeps, Romney Suffers in Southern Primaries

As the Romney train rolls on, voters in Tuesday night's Alabama and Mississippi primaries signal they're not ready to get on board. More »

Sorry, Portland, There Won't Be a Presidential Debate Next Week

Sorry, Portland, There Won't Be a Presidential Debate Next Week

It's official: The GOP candidates are done debating each other. The last planned debate, like the one before it, will likely be canceled. More »

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