April

As the Supreme Court puts healthcare reform in the dock, I’ve seen at least a dozen commentators offer up some version of political apocalypse, calling the law “radioactive,” “poisonous” and…

Don’t confuse momentum with levels. Both are important and sometimes they tell different stories, leading to divergent strategies. Voters are increasingly coming to realize the economy is improving. However, they…

Mitt Romney seems destined to limp over the finish line in Tampa, Fla., as the weakened, exhausted and widely disliked leader of a divided, unenthusiastic Republican Party. Whether the weeks…

Tuesday night must have been bittersweet for Mitt Romney. Just as he finally feels the nomination is in hand (as you know, I’ve been pretty confident of that for a…

It seems like a simple question: Do Americans now support the Obama administration’s efforts to save our auto industry? It seems like a simple question: Do Americans now support the…

How did progressives cede the religious freedom argument in the contraception debate? The right’s attack on the president’s contraception compromise is constitutionally ignorant, historically inaccurate and philosophically convoluted. Does the…

The natural state of an election involving an incumbent, particularly a presidential election, is to be a referendum on that incumbent. While the economy is improving, we can stipulate that…

With a tight race expected for the White House, control of both chambers of Congress at stake and many of the marquee House and Senate contests taking places in traditionally…

What do job approval ratings portend about a president’s reelection prospects? Quite a lot, according to most analysts, whose mantra is that an incumbent president needs 50 percent approval to…

I admit it: I underestimated Newt Gingrich, who has established himself as the Freddy Krueger of politics, repeatedly left for dead but always able to resurrect himself (at least, so…