I almost cannot believe it. Not because I do not recognize Jon Huntsman's political talents, nor because a rise of a few numbers in one poll (with a small sample size) should be recognized as anything too significant. But for Jon Huntsman in New Hampshire, it is.

He has for...

With Ron Suskind's Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President debuting on Tuesday, and a media blitz set for Monday, the press for President Obama looks even gloomier. How is this possible? Have you seen some of the quotes?

Summers walked in, slightly late, but not...

On Thursday, President Obama unveiled his jobs plan to the American public before a joint session of Congress.

Ignore all the spin: We are only 14 months away from the general election. Time is not in his corner and the Republicans, who maintain a majority stake in the House of...

It appears that Rick Perry may peak too soon. He is leading both in the polls nationally and in Iowa and South Carolina now, too.

His team will have to manage his lead. If his upward trend continues, the Romney team may not even have to attack: the Perry spike...

Welcome to the political horse race: the game changes rapidly.

Rick Perry is soaring. Gallop and PPP both have him in the front of national polls. He is also in front of a recent Iowa PPP poll.

This is no longer a name recognition contest; this is the real deal....

A new Republican primary narrative may be taking shape in the coming weeks and here is how it could play:

Rick Perry is having significant impact on the race and while he may scare some moderate Republicans, he knows how to fight and is attracting the base. Can we win...

Can you support a woman's right to choose and then not support it? Sure. But can you do it while running for president in an extremely polarized atmosphere filled with near-toxic partisanship? You tell me.

Look at Mitt Romney's record. In 1994, when he was running for the Senate...

Headline: One Week Later and it is a Different Field

Wow, it sure is amazing what can happen in one week; the entire Republican Primary race has changed. Perry has entered exactly when he needed to, stealing the spotlight from the rest of the candidates.

The...

This special commentary is to the American people concerning the Obama campaign's strategy as it appeared in a recent edition of Politico.

Let me try to clarify what I think is going on.

American People: It seems to me like this story was deliberately pitched by the Obama...

Bachmann: you still do not want to peak too soon and Iowa is the place where it can happen. Expect the other candidates to hit you hard in this week's debate (in addition to Romney). Keep a smile on your face and do not hit back. For the straw poll...

Bachmann: do not peak too soon. Continue controlling your media appearances by not doing too many and not doing them too often.

Cain: you will not win the nomination.

Gingrich: you will be fun in the debates but no one is taking you seriously at this point, which is unfortunate...

The new unemployment numbers are out and unemployment now stands at 9.2 percent.

No president has ever won re-election to the presidency since Franklin Delano Roosevelt with unemployment higher than 7.2 percent (Ronald Reagan was at 7.2 percent).

Today Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbie said on...

Michele Bachmann is rising in the latest New Hampshire poll and the most recent Iowa poll shows her nearly dead even with Mitt Romney. This might seem good for some Bachmann supporters, but to political analysts and campaign insiders, this should actually be cause for concern....

The first Des Moines Register Poll was released on June 25 and it really does matter; this is the first substantive poll of the race. Why? The poll is not purely a name recognition poll like the previously released national ones that garnered so much media attention.

The...

Soon Jon Huntsman will make his case to America: why he should be the candidate that the American people will support.

He will go through the rigorous process of trying to earn the trust of first the Republican base and then, as he hopes, the electorate-at-large.

Six years ago, I...

On Tuesday Jon Huntsman will announce his candidacy for president in Liberty State Park in front of the Statue of Liberty. With unemployment at 9.1 percent, and no president having won re-election to the presidency since Franklin Delano Roosevelt with unemployment higher than 7.2 percent (Ronald...

Finally my previous posts have become mainstream. Look at what I have written consistently on The Huffington Post and look at what the mainstream press has suddenly started reporting.

With Daniels out of the race, there are only three serious candidates left: Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman and Tim Pawlenty.

Jon...

With the capture of Osama bin Laden, President Obama as Campaigner-in-Chief is back. A refocus from the gloomy economy to national security is easily achieved ("issue reframing") and a bump in the polls will bring the president easily back as the master campaigner we once knew and who many had...

There are four real contestants in the Republican primary. Whether they are declared or undeclared is irrelevant. They are as follows, and in no particular order: Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, and Tim Pawlenty. These are the candidates who should be taken seriously. Daniels, Huntsman, and Pawlenty still have...

There he is, sitting on an army jeep in a tiny photograph that my grandmother had asked me to enlarge for her. She now has this picture on her wall. The photo was taken during World War II, and I could not be more proud of the former captain --...