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Blog Post Archive
Neither Romney nor Obama can fix the frenzy in the Arab streets
Last week, simultaneous with a mob attack on the American embassy in Cairo and the murder of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, Mitt Romney tried to lay blame for the incidents on President Barack Obama's weak foreign policy. He was aiming to hurt Obama, but did himself greater harm.
Undecided voters are a tiny cohort that may not matter in the end
Undecided voters, you can run but you cannot hide. Turn on your TV and find wall-to-wall attack ads designed to scare you. Answer your phone and find pollsters trying to pick your brain. Answer the door and somebody hoping to win your vote will be on your doorstep – maybe even an actual candidate for president or vice president.
Congressional slackers slink to D.C. to do as little as possible
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A wild windstorm swept through here on Saturday, tossing broken tree limbs, downing power lines and forcing thousands of suburbanites to eat dinner by candlelight. On Sunday, with the skies sunny and mostly clear,Show More Summary
Romney and Obama forced to get personal at party conventions
No one expected Franklin Delano Roosevelt to show his wheelchair to the nation and pepper his speeches with details about his battle with polio. No campaign strategist ever thought to have Pat Nixon come onstage to talk about the homey details of her married life with Dick. Show More Summary
Barack Obama tells Democrats their hopes were justified
In his speech accepting the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama neatly transformed the hope and change of 2008 that centered on him into a voter-centered hope and change for 2012.
Bill Clinton shows Democrats how to take the fight to Mitt Romney
Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton put on a master's clinic on how to fight a political campaign. It may not have made Democrats wish he was back in the White House (at least not every Democrat), but they sure long to see him out on the campaign trail.
"GM is alive, Osama is dead" is Obama's answer to Republicans
Republicans not only have to compete with the star power of Michelle Obama, it just may be that they have set a trap for themselves by making the central question of the 2012 presidential campaign, “Are you better off now than you were...Show More Summary
Jerry Brown and Chris Christie engage in cross-country trash talk
A blossoming feud between California Gov. Jerry Brown and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie could bring a little fun back into politics.
Best and worst of Romney's Republican National Convention
Despite the rainy weather, Tampa was good for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan; a bit less so for Clint Eastwood. As the cleaning crew sweeps up the confetti and burst balloons, here are the highlights of the 2012 Republican National Convention…
Paul Ryan and Ann Romney are Mitt Romney's most compelling advocates
Americans may not know Mitt Romney yet, but they do know a little more about two impressive people he has chosen to team up with at pivotal moments in his life – Ann Romney and Paul Ryan. One has been his life partner, the other will be his political partner through the 2012 campaign and, if things go well for Republicans, his partner in governing.
Republican National Convention puts a brown face on a white party
Until Ann Romney and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepped into the primetime spotlight Tuesday night, the stage at the Republican National Convention was dominated by a parade of racial and ethnic minorities. The same could not be said about the delegates in the hall. Show More Summary
Is Tropical Storm Isaac a divine message to Republicans in Tampa?
When a hurricane sweeps close enough to wipe out the first day of the Republican National Convention, is it a sign of divine intervention?
Horsey & friends talk about Romney, Obama and campaign 2012
Having bested a troop of colorful candidates in a relentless slog through the primaries, Mitt Romney is about to achieve his goal: the presidential nomination of the Republican Party. When he stands before the GOP delegates in Tampa,...Show More Summary
Hank Williams Jr. hates Barack Obama and the new USA
Country music veteran Hank Williams Jr. is doing his best to become the official troubadour of the we-hate-Barack-Obama crowd. During a performance at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 17, Williams told the audience, “We’ve got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S., and we hate him!”
Todd Akin has plenty of company in Republicans' unhinged faction
Missouri congressman Todd Akin’s outrageously weird assertion that a woman cannot get pregnant from “forcible rape" exposes three predicaments facing the Republican Party.
Romney-Ryan Republicans pray to Jesus but bow to Ayn Rand
Many Republicans believe theirs is the party of Jesus Christ, but, in practice, they are the party of an atheist, Hollywood intellectual named Ayn Rand.
Paul Ryan's Medicare plan puts Mitt Romney into flip-flop mode
After watching the verbal contortions Mitt Romney has put himself through in the last week when speaking about Paul Ryan’s budget plan, it has become impossible to take seriously anything he has to say.
Could Obama-Romney race end in uncharted electoral territory?
In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election when the Supreme Court awarded Florida’s electoral votes to George W. Bush. Is there a chance something that wild could happen again? Given the even ideological split in this country, such a scenario is easy to imagine.
Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan vision harks back to the days of Taft
The Republican team of Mitt Romney and Paul D. Ryan is less about the future than it is about nostalgia for a past that many Americans imagine was better -- a time when businessmen were free of government meddling and all citizens, even the poor, old or handicapped, were expected to fend for themselves or scrape by on charity.
Mitt Romney's pick of Paul Ryan pleases both friends and enemies
Everybody seems happy with Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin congressman Paul D. Rya n as his running mate. Republicans are joyful because it is a bold move that will electrify the tea party troops of the party’s base. Democrats are gleeful because they think they can scare older voters with Ryan’s proposal to turn Medicare into a voucher program.