Abraham Lincoln may be President Barack Obama's favorite predecessor, but in his early White House days his recipe has been two parts Franklin D. Roos...
Washington Independent | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
Some public officials are minimalists. They do not like to reject the fundamental commitments of their fellow citizens. On environmental questions, se...
Paul Reiser | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics
At Friday's press conference Obama was trying to put out a fire that wasn't really there, and in the process, made a silly joke. Clearly, there's some sort of transition time needed between campaigning and having won.
RealClearPolitics | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a d...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics
An unexpected if not remarkable component has emerged in this still developing general election race: both candidates are, in one way or another, tryi...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
GREENSBURG, Pa. — Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he would return the country to the more "traditional" foreign policy efforts of past presidents,...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
If Clinton insists that this election "is about replacing disastrous Republican ideas with new ones," it is also fair to ask why she didn't seem to feel this way the last time she stood for election.
Washington Post's The Trail | Anne Kornblut | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Under fire for airing misleading attacks on Sen. Barack Obama, the Clinton campaign has pulled a radio ad that quoted the Illinois senator calling Rep...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In this negative spot sent to reporters by the Obama campaign, Clinton continues to take Obama's line that Republicans were the "party of ideas" to su...
NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Historical narratives matter. That's why conservatives are still writing books denouncing F.D.R. and the New Deal; they understand that the way Americ...
New York Daily News | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton just whacked Barack Obama after he had something complimentary to say about Republicans, in this case that they where the party of ide...
CBS News | Aaron Lewis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
John Edwards ripped Barack Obama for praising the way Ronald Reagan brought about change when he was President of the United States.... ..."He was op...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama for saying he would meet, without precondition, with ...
wsj.com | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics