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A specter is haunting Republicans – the specter of corruption.   The spreading tentacles of the Jack Abramoff scandal enveloping the GOP are only one facet of this Hydra-headed monster…

I’d been playing with an idea lately, only to find that Genghis Khan acted on it 800 years ago. Genghis began to solidify his political control over the Mongol tribes…

George W. Bush will never again enjoy the reputation for effectiveness, leadership and integrity he developed after Sept. 11. He squandered those assets in the sands of Iraq and the…

Ever attentive to research, Karl Rove did put political scientist Peter Feaver on the National Security Council staff, presumably because Feaver co-authored papers arguing that public tolerance for wartime casualties…

After weeks of substance in this space, let’s switch to a nerdy discussion of technique. The rash of inaccurate public polls before last month’s election provides reason to focus on…

Quality polling can improve political journalism by keeping horserace stories honest, or  at least tethered to some reality. Most of the time, poll data lead journalists to more accurate conclusions. In…

Americans’ disdain for politics is overdetermined – there are dozens of reasons for it. But the rank hypocrisy being displayed by Republicans in recent years is likely a contributing factor.…

Democrats rightly sense political opportunity in the president’s performance failures and in the culture of corruption enveloping the entire Republican Party. But before smiling too broadly or shouting “We told…

Lord Acton would not be surprised by today’s Republicans. “Power tends to corrupt,” the British historian wrote to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Though they enjoy…

The Texas oilmen running the White House must be mystified. High oil prices always meant good times. Now those high prices are haunting George Bush and Dick Cheney, making their…