The Donald Trumps, the Sarah Palins, and their ilk are not a sideshow to the real, substantive campaign. They are a distraction so that, by comparison, the rest can seem to offer us something. When in fact, they do not.

WASHINGTON -- Even before he sat down for his 36th appearance at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast series -- a regular gathering of journalists ...

By Philip Elliott WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind., said Sunday he won't run for president because of family concerns, narrowing the ...

It is often said that a convert to a cause is more fervent than those born to it. That is probably true about me and my "conversion" as an immigrant t...

If self-promotion were the top trait Americans were looking for in a president, Newt Gingrich would be a shoo-in. But the job requires a bit more than that.

The root of the problem with today's presidential elections is the winner-take-all rule established by statute in nearly every state.

WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin's support among Republicans has shrunk and there's no evidence she's close to saying whether she will run for president in 2...

This story has been updated. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty told CNN that he is running for President. Pawlenty made the straight-forward pr...

Bill Clinton's oft-quoted remark that, when choosing their candidate, "Democrats fall in love; Republicans fall in line" was a clever way to describe the nominating process for most of the last few decades. But it may be changing in 2012.

While the good news for Democrats is that Obama may be in a relatively strong position to get reelected, the bad news for progressives is he is now clearly just another Democrat with little real ability to inspire or bring about real change.

In recent months the GOP has come to Obama's rescue. In rapid succession it has ticked off millions with its bellicose threat to meat-ax spending on every vital government program around and even threaten to shut down the government.

HuffPost's Alex Wagner appear on 'The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell' on Thursday night to discuss Donald Trump's recent embrace of birther-ism. "...

HuffPost's Howard Fineman appeared Thursday night on 'The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell' to discuss government funding negotiations and the possib...

The Huffington Post's Alex Wagner appeared on 'The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell' Tuesday night to discuss Bill O'Reilly's recent comments critici...

Barbour's statement is significant for two reasons: First, it sounds like the Mississippi governor is indeed running for the GOP presidential nomination. Second, it suggests his state has changed considerably since the 1960s.