Since 2001, Congressional approval has declined by an average of 4.17 percent each year. This trend line reaches zero by 2016.

Once campaigning begins in full force in early 2014, President Obama will find himself in a very awkward position.

There is still the nagging worry among Democrats that more than a few Democrats will be MIA from the polls on November 6. If so, it wouldn't be the first time it happened.

For Arab Americans, the big election news of the past week didn't come out of just Wisconsin or Egypt. Congressman Bill Pascrell's stunning victory over Congressman Steve Rothman in northern New Jersey's 9th District showed Arab Americans coming of age.

I understand the importance and value of political parties, but the parties should not come at the cost of bipartisanship and success.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4...

WASHINGTON -- An increasingly acrimonious and seemingly never-ending primary campaign was giving party insiders fits. A presidential nomination that s...

America has always prided itself on being a forward-looking nation. Yet our election system is mired in the past. We can rescue our election system from the horse-and-buggy era and infuse it with the dynamism of our digital age. It's happening now.

WASHINGTON -- As the national media eyes the Illinois primary race between Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, progressive activists have their...

President Cuomo. President O'Malley. President Warner. President Beebe. It may seem strange in the middle of the 2012 presidential contest to be look...

President Barack Obama has won New Hampshire's Democratic primary. Far fewer voters participated in the Democratic primary than the competitive GOP...

Bachmann and Paul have undeniable electability issues, Santorum is barely worth mentioning, and Huntsman is too sane, considerate, well informed, capable on the issues, rational, analytical, thoughtful, and Mormon to have a chance. That leaves only the dumb one.

A Gallup poll out this week shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans say they'd replace the Electoral College with a straight popular vote, a number that's been consistent for more than a decade.

President Obama continues to disappoint. The occupation of Afghanistan continues with no end in sight, a U.S.-installed leader who does not lead, and ...

What is surprising since I wrote a blog suggesting those who worked to elect Obama consider a challenge to his reelection is persons have ascribed to me "wisdom" or "insanity" for the mere expression of my personal political opinion.

The worst thing we must now face is that the 2010 election is likely a preview of 2012, unless some dramatic new element is introduced into our national politics that changes the character of national debate.

Since the level of education in this country is way below other industrialized nations, it only makes sense that the fruits of such an education seek elected representation which reflects their own tastes.

Never mess with a woman from the Big Apple. Residents of Long Island learned this firsthand in 2005, when Kathleen Rice stunned the political world a...

(AP) There is nothing like an up-for-grabs governor's office to pop the cork on pent-up political ambitions. As Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican, c...

If people cast their ballots only for local measures, that would send a whopping-loud message to the folks in state and national races that you've tuned them out, but that you still believe in the political process.