Robert Hoopes

Vice President Joe Biden is spending some time in the Ohio Valley and in the process reminding voters, the Romney campaign and folks in the West Wing that he will be a formidable force in this year's presidential campaign. Biden connects with key voters who are critical to winning this...

So the results are in and tomorrow we will start to see the consequences.

First, the results:

• Romney: 30,015 votes - 25 percent
• Santorum: 30,007 votes - 25 percent
• Paul: 26,219 votes - 22 percent
• Gingrich: 16,251 votes - 14 percent...

There is a saying that is widely popular among conservatives: "The government that governs least governs best." The current class of Republican legislators in Washington is taking it to a whole new level: "The government that doesn't govern at all governs best." John Boehner has tried his best to govern,...

It's clear to everyone now that Donald Trump had no intention, and no ability, to run for President. He was and remains the quintessential publicity hound and self promoter. But the launch of Sarah Palin's "One Nation" bus tour might make the Donald look a piker when it comes to...

The president's annual budget -- actually a budget request -- traditionally provides the baseline for policy and budget negotiations between the two political parties, legislative chambers and the executive branch of government. Changes to the budget are typically incremental, and in recent years have raised rather than lowered spending. All...

On Tuesday night Christine O'Donnell received 30,561 votes and became the Republican nominee for Senate in Delaware. She beat the popular Mike Castle by 3,540 votes.

This shock and awe win has taken the Delaware Republican establishment and the Washington Republican establishment by surprise. It shouldn't have....

Some call politics a sport. So what can people in politics learn from the major sporting events? Plenty, especially about the way technology has changed the way journalists cover sports and the way fans want their sporting news. Many of the changes in major sports coverage hold parallels to the...

Republicans could learn a lot from the U.S. Olympic team.

There is a saying in politics: when your opponent is in a free fall, get out of the way. It is one of Washington's great delights, in fact, one party watching the demise of another party or another politician....

Recently I joined a small breakfast with a senior Democratic Senator who lamented the "lack of critical thinking" on healthcare reform. The intellectual pendulum on how to reform healthcare swings a wide and uneven arc. This is especially true in Congress, with visible factions existing even within the Democratic Caucus....

Today is the first anniversary of Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Denver's Invesco Field. That speech to the 75,000+ on hand and millions watching on television stands in sharp contrast to today, where the President and his family are on Martha's Vineyard, away from the cameras and the public, pleading...