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Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson once warned mamas against letting their babies grow up to be cowboys. Instead they urged, "Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such." Neither outlaw…

The Senate drama might be over for now, but the discussion shouldn’t be. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) recently warned that enabling the president to discharge his constitutional obligation to…

Senate Republicans are precipitating a constitutional crisis. Article II, Section 3 requires the president to “take care that the laws are faithfully executed.” As former Supreme Court Chief Justice William…

Let’s be honest. The support offered for the immigration bill by some Senate Republicans does not herald a new era of bipartisan comity and cooperation. Nor does it reflect some…

Judging from the reaction House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi elicited at Netroots Nation, some of what I say here may prove unpopular. However, it’s not clear the boos that greeted…

CNN is a great news organization peopled by wonderful journalists. Their survey department is also run by fine pollsters. So I really do hate to pick on them, especially for…

Early headlines emerging from the new Pew/Washington Post poll on the National Security Agency’s surveillance program suggest it is all OK with the American people. But that’s not the whole…

Most of us treat “incumbency advantage” as axiomatic.  Incumbents, particularly in the House, generate significant advantages over challengers by using the perks of office to increase their name recognition and…

Democrats’ national demographic advantage has been a cause for celebration in our party and for deep concern in the GOP. At the presidential level, and in a number of states,…

I recently met a woman who repeatedly referred to her life partner as her “non-husband.” It struck me as a bit strange, but it came quickly to mind thinking about…