Walter Mondale

The chaotic jumble of holding the Iowa presidential caucuses on January 3rd is now fully apparent. It didn't used to be this way.

Newt Gingrich. Iowa caucuses. To say it seemed an unlikely prospect that the candidate whose staff famously quit because of disorganization would have a commanding lead in a state that supposedly requires a premium in organization would be gross understatement.

The FBI investigated Geraldine Ferraro after her historic run for vice president, questioning the Queens Democrat for five hours about how she financed her first election to Congress, documents show.

His idea of America was dramatically different from that of today's Republican presidential candidates. Ronald Reagan was an optimist whose vision was based on confidence, not fear.

MINNEAPOLIS — Eleanor Mondale, the vivacious daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale who carved out her own reputation as an entertainm...

In the hunt for the White House, the GOP's leading presidential contenders know they would struggle to win the voters who know them best....

Many have described my 1984 presidential campaign promise to raise taxes as exemplifying the folly of proposing tax hikes during an election. Although...

For a woman to make it in politics, she has to have a mix the integrity of Geraldine Ferraro with the branding acumen of Sarah Palin and the brilliance of Hilary Clinton.

Although 2008 was the year when America demonstrated that presidential politics was accessible to African-Americans and women, it was the 1984 campaign when the doors were first pushed open.

We're doing nothing effective to stop the flood of narcotics that aim to meet the appetites of U.S. addicts, or to stem the tide of guns from hundreds of virtually unregulated shops on the U.S. side of the border.

Aside from new friends on the far right, poor Mickey Kaus is getting less attention as a supposed candidate for the U.S. Senate than he did as a writer.

Dick Cheney occupies a historically unique position: He is an ex-VP who left office electorally undefeated and has not sought the Presidency. As a result, he retains some of the trappings of an undefeated elder statesman.

It's a shame that our political exchange has come to this, but the GOP is preparing to pigeonhole any reference to health care at Sen. Kennedy's upcoming funeral as playing politics.

I'll never forget the moment when Mondale finished delivering the speech. I'd been told that the most we could hope for was a smattering of polite applause; instead, there was a sustained standing ovation.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine penned a letter to Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday, asking the Minnesota Governor to persuade Norm Coleman to concede and, short of tha...

As a dedicated fan of Lost, I sometimes see the show's weird island as a metaphor for the perplexing issues and events that the whole country faces in real life.

The discussion allowed Mr. Mondale to reflect on his distinguished political career, while also providing him an opportunity to voice his opinion on current problems confronting the US.

I've been consistently wrong about our President-Elect since way back in January. I think I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Defeat-ocrat -- someone who looks for the cloud in every electoral silver lining.

To be sure, the failing economy provided Democrats the context they needed. But a candidate with a little backbone gave them the ability to convince voters to take a chance on change.

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.

Suspicions about Sen. Obama's true motives have been building over the past few weeks, but not until today have the bloggers called him out for betraying the Democratic Party's losing tradition.