Rope a Dope

Can Democrats Use Rope-A-Dope?

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Burnett

It's time for Dems to go on offense, time for them to use Muhammad Ali's "rope-a-dope" tactic. Democrats need to deign weakness,a nd hope the opposition overplays its hand.

He Roped the Dopes

Bill Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Cunningham

Tonight, we saw a leader, unafraid to stand and deliver...not a political document, but a platform that all who care about real reform, can support and amend and work for.

What Schulberg Might Have Told Obama About Fighting

Bill Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Cunningham

Organizations that can't touch Obama in the ring are moving to a crowding, brawling, Frasier-like approach to the debate.

The Nightingale's Song: Why John McCain Should Not Be Underestimated

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Ariel Gonzalez

John McCain is campaigning the way he boxed at Annapolis. In The Nightingale's Song, Robert Timberg writes that Midshipman McCain would compensa...

No-drama Obama's Double Rope-a-Dope

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Weissman

On October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali, the deposed Heavyweight champion, attempted to regain his crown from the then-reigning champion, George Foreman, in...