President Obama has had more than three years in the White House to show us what he is made of and what he can do as president. His speeches remain brilliant, but I find him wanting.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
Republicans campaigned in 2010 on creating jobs and cutting spending and the deficit. But once in power, both in the House and in numerous states, all those promises went out the window.
Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011
America now has about 25 million people either out of work or underemployed. Meanwhile, corporate profits continue to set records. What's going on?
Alex Becker | Posted 05.25.2011
How can newly-empowered House Republicans give themselves the best chance of success over the next two years and possibly beyond? It's simple. Know thy mandate.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says a shift in congressional power won't greatly affect U.S. fo...
The Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011
President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration ushered in a new era that sought for America to re-engage with the world. Two years later it still stands i...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — The next governor of Illinois will walk into office and find himself staring at a budget deficit that could top $15 billion. In Califo...
Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011
If the First Networker has lost his touch, it is because Obama's networking has always seemed a means to an end. Once that end -- the Oval Office -- was attained, the means lost its urgency.
WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011
Among the long list of elected officials Illinois voters will be asked to select this year are the judges. Yeah -- we know -- many of you skip over th...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — Several Illinois advocacy groups that backed Republican Mark Kirk in past elections are endorsing his Democratic opponent in the race ...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011
You'll excuse me now if I'm not buying the sudden increased interest the GOP has in listening to the American people. They never for one second respected the results of the 2008 election.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — A new poll shows Republican Rep. Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias are about even as they head into their final week of campaig...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — In the final days before the Nov. 2 election, Democrats and Republicans are leaning on party heavyweights, energizing their bases and ...
Eileen McMenamin | Posted 05.25.2011
At a recent discussion by four newly defeated members of Congress, truth was on vivid display. Could losing an election might mark the first step towards freedom?
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — With 10 days go to until the election, Illinois candidates picked up the pace on the campaign trail Saturday, trying to round up suppo...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — Democrat Alexi Giannoulias is accusing Republican Mark Kirk of "economic treason" as the two sides skirmish over a small fundraiser in...
AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will make a final push for Democrats the weekend before Election Day with campaign stops in four cities. Ob...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — Even in this Democratic-leaning home state of President Barack Obama, the White House isn't taking anything for granted with an electi...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina in Southern California as p...
Alan Abramowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite gains made by the Republican Party, support for activist government remains very strong. Evidence from Gallup shows that Americans tend to be ideological conservatives but operational liberals.
Chuck Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
The small business community has pushed back against claims that letting the tax cuts expire would hurt small business.
Al Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011
LA has weathered one of the worst financial storms to ever buffet the city. Following the results of the midterm elections, it's possible now Los Angeles will come out renewed.
Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011
The mystical center is where Obama's disaffected base resides. He doesn't have to choose. Both swing voters and the Democratic base want the President to stand up to Wall Street on behalf of main street.
Jonathan Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011
Even if New START is ratified before the Democrats' Senate majority significantly shrinks, it will not help advance nonproliferation advocates' long-term goals unless a lost consensus on arms control fundamentals is rebuilt first.
Kate Clinton | Posted 05.25.2011
The mid-term auction kicked my ass. The gushers of money, the belly-up Dems, the betadyned Reps, the gloating media, my bummin' friends. At first I ...
Curtis Roosevelt | Posted 05.16.2012