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Since the onset of the Cold War, national-security issues have not been kind to Democrats. Of course, the United States won World War II under the powerful leadership of Democrat…

After Sept. 11, the administration worked to prevent another jet from slamming into a skyscraper. Hurricane Rita demonstrated that President Bush would not abide another Katrina. The essence of emergency…

Judge John Roberts may have misled the Senate, though there is little doubt he will get away with it. Senators on both sides of the aisle, like most Americans, were…

The question has been raised frequently in recent days. Why has the public reaction to Katrina been so dramatically different from the response to Sept. 11? Immediately after the 2001…

George Bush’s presidency will be defined by his responses to three crises.   His positive image after Sept. 11 was forged in the crucible of that crisis. It stood him…

As official Washington enjoys its annual summer break, it seems appropriate to reflect on what it is that makes us happy.This ground is well-trod by social scientists, including my former…

An exciting new methodology has produced some surprising results on the Roberts nomination.We, like almost all pollsters, use focus groups, but they have real weaknesses. New online discussion technology helps…

Dozens of mythologies have grown up since November 2004. Among them: that initiatives banning gay marriage cost John Kerry the White House. Spurred on by the right and by some…

The proverbial fly on the wall had a fascinating experience as President Bush decided to nominate John Roberts. The New York Times informed us that one candidate was rejected apparently…

I am something of a fundamentalist – not religiously, but when it comes to presidential politics. In presidential campaigns, fundamentals – incumbency, war and peace, the economy – matter most.…