Barely 13 months from now our current president is more than likely to be our next one too. The reasons tell us much about ourselves and the current state of our politics.

Occupy Wall Street and the nationwide and global Occupy movement it has spawned should continue to be what it is: A messy yet remarkably effective example of what real democracy looks like.

Jon Huntsman is pinning his chances of winning the GOP nomination on the Granite State, even going so far as to boycott Nevada for its attempt to mess...

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential bid is more than $1.1 million in debt. The Georgia Republican on Saturday said he had...

This presidential election is beginning to look a lot like the contest of 1996, which saw a battered Bill Clinton win a second term in office by defeating Republican Senator Bob Dole. There are differences, to be sure, but the similarities are striking.

A Wisconsin Republican lawmaker is proposing that the state switch its distribution of electoral votes to district-based awards. State Rep. Dan LeM...

Independents are just plain disgruntled. They're looking for solutions to basic problems. Independents are also fickle, and vote irregularly, but they have decided most elections, even in San Francisco.

With the primary calendar undergoing compression, it is still an open question who will play the role of anti-Romney at the critical moment in early January.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Wednesday in a statement that she's not running for president. By not running, Palin said she would be "unsh...

New Jersey local officials and residents are expressing support for Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to not seek the Republican presidential nominatio...

A certain charismatic Senator promised he'd enact comprehensive immigration reform the first year he was in office and I fell for it hook, line and stinker, I mean sinker.

That said, one or two moments briefly managed to move the discussion beyond the usual Fox News agitprop.

I almost cannot believe it. Not because I do not recognize Jon Huntsman's political talents, nor because a rise of a few numbers in one poll (with a s...

Michele Bachmann takes stands impulsively when they fit her predetermined ideology, pushes forward aggressively and single-mindedly to expand the intellectual argument, but she becomes so wedded to her position that reality no longer matters.

When someone runs for president, we have a right to expect that he or she can think deeply and systemically, realizing the implications of what they propose.

Americans need to elect a president in 2012 who is a self-made person with a track record of doing more than throwing empty words and money at problems. No more smooth-talking, self-serving presidents surrounded by Wall Street types and lobbyists.