"Appalachia" is no longer the heritage-derived place name coined by European explorers or the designation famed author Washington Irving once suggested as a replacement for North America. The word now represents systemic failure and poverty in the national lexicon.

Matthew Yglesias points out an interesting New York Times map on the one part of the country where John McCain did significantly better than George W....

This should be prime time for Democrats. But Barack Obama isn't closing the deal. So here's where Hillary comes in: she could be the beer to Barack's champagne, the apple pie to his arugula.

One of the things we noticed as the race for the Democratic nomination wended its way toward its conclusion was how the media focused on those so-call...

Jim Webb, one of Congress' fastest rising Democrats and a Senator believed to occupy a spot on Barack Obama's vice presidential short list, is slated ...

To all those pundits who have wrung their hands over Barack Obama's potential general election weaknesses, take heart -- the Senator has heard you. A...

After months of pundits breaking the electorate into racial categories, the factor of geography is slowly being added to the mix. Obama's alleged pro...