These unfortunate slips are as incomprehensible as they are politically damaging. None of the politicians who commit them are exactly stupid or ill informed. This begs the question, what went wrong?
When I implied moments ago that I might dismantle Social Security and Medicare just after the election, I made a mistake. I meant to think that sentence to myself, not actually say it out loud.
I agree with the overwhelming majority of issue positions that Akin has expressed and disagree with as many of Biden's. That said, I don't think that Biden's comments and Akin's deserve the same level of prominence.
When I started research, it was a rare thing to track an opposing candidate. Now, with cheap digital cameras, or even camera phones in a pinch, tracking has never been easier or more prevalent.
WASHINGTON -- After a week like this, is it any wonder voters are cynical?
Within five days of each other, both the president and the campaign of his...
"I know that millions of reporters in this country and in Hawaii have claimed that I make a lot of factual mistakes. Well, here and now I want to look the American people right in the eye and give them the facts."
Gaffes seem to be gushing as much as Gulf Coast oil. Why do some public people in the public's crosshairs self-immolate while others endure and prevail?