Molly Ball

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

Polls show a three-way tie going into today's Deep South primaries. The results could be revealing, but the delegate calculus won't change. More »

With a Romney nomination quickly becoming a mathematical certainty, the wise men of the Republican Party still aren't calling on his rivals to get out of the way. More »

Unlike most politicians' attempts to be funny, Romney's sense of humor is dark, dry, self-deprecating and a little subversive. Maybe that's why he never gets credit for it. More »

A close vote in Ohio keeps the race tough for Mitt Romney and allows the former Pennsylvania senator to stay in the delegate hunt. More »

Romney may finally be on the brink of taking an insurmountable lead in the GOP primary, yet Republican voters remain reluctant to accept him. More »

Desperate for a Super Tuesday splash, the GOP candidate attacks Romney on health care -- but doesn't account for his own complicated history. More »

A rising economy, brutal Republican fight and resurgent culture war have weary Democrats feeling better than they have since 2008. More »

The Republicans' much-hyped Ohio hope still has a bit of a frat boy demeanor, but his bid to unseat Sherrod Brown could make him a GOP star. More »

The proudly incorruptible libertarian's all-but-open collusion with Mitt Romney, the establishment candidate, should infuriate his fans. More »

He got a scare from Rick Santorum in the state where he grew up, but Romney's Michigan win returns him to front-runner form. More »

The full call makes it clear that defeating Romney is the core of Santorum's pitch to Democrats in Michigan. More »

From the weak candidates to the elongated calendar, everybody has a different theory for why the Republican presidential contest is taking so long. More »

For those concerned about the influence of money in politics, things have never been worse. But one activist sees reason for hope. More »

The president is fundraising off the right-wing billionaire bogeymen, and they aren't taking it lying down. More »

The Republican candidate has a tendency to make cringe-inducing gaffes right when things are going well for his campaign. More »