Obama Presidency

We're throwing our usual format away today, because this was a momentous and historic week in American politics, and we thought it needed the entire column to address.

Obama is still a figure of singular promise in American politics. To fulfill that promise he has to overcome his own cautious, accommodating temperament, and progressives have to believe it is still possible.

While President Obama lifts his presidency to champion the cause of jobs that are made in the USA, his Republican opponents stake their plans for powe...

Washington — President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth...

While the President's failings in the first term have been well chronicled, what are the chances for a different, more successful second term in the White House?

President Obama's National Labor Relations Board is on a job-killing rampage. It's claiming unprecedented powers far beyond what federal law allows. These executive actions paint a picture of what has become an imperial presidency.

Yes, President Obama inherited a mess. But it is unacceptable that in the third year of his presidency he still blames his predecessor and does bus tours to promote jobs programs that do not exist.

Why are we taking polls as to how whites will vote a year and a half before a presidential election? Why is a voterʼs skin color even important?

Crisis creates temporary unity, but the threat of catastrophe works longer and stronger to bring people together. My hope is that the tipping point has arrived.

It is our job as progressives to fight for more, and our job to complain when we didn't get it. That doesn't make us sanctimonious. We are just doing what we are supposed to do. And Mr. President, you of all people should understand that.

The president is set to give his first press conference since late May but there is a strong likelihood that the topics the White House would like to ...

Democrats should focus the debate with the message that "Democrats fight for every job" vs. "Republicans fight for every CEO bonus."

One untruth about the President that has had some currency among liberals this summer is that "Obama is out of touch with the middle class." It is not the middle class, but progressives, who Obama is out of step with.

I recently received a message in my email that read, "10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown." My immediate reaction was: how can reasonably intelligent people have it so wrong?

Obama took office with widespread popular support, even among Republicans, and some of his first efforts, including the $800 billion stimulus, initial...

Coinciding with the first hint of Washington's spring cherry blossom, Monday morning found the White House in a playful mood. "I thought we were suppo...

President Obama is today negotiating for his political life. The pundits claim he is "all-in" on the health care bill, and that its defeat would be the practical end to his presidency. So here's a pop-quiz.

An 800 billion dollar stimulus package, a budget boost for schools, an agreement with Russia on nukes, reduced forces in Iraq, not to mention healthca...

It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.

Even as Obama has tried to take on big issues, he hasn't seemed to have grasped the need to go beyond the conventional wisdom of the Washington establishment in terms of how to get them done.

How did we get here? At the beginning of his second year, a potentially transformative and historic president finds himself being knocked around by Republicans and trapped by his own overly grandiose goals.

We should remember what it felt like one year ago, as the ability to recall it emotionally will pass and it is an emotional memory as much as anything...