September 27, 2013
If this week proved anything, it’s that Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy is pretty much inevitable, not only because of who she is and what she has done over the past decade, but also because of its historic import. After years of controversy and endless jibes about her hair, clothing, and manner, she has succeeded in becoming a transformational, touchstone figure not only in politics but American culture.Please click here to read the full article.
August 2, 2013
Laws like North Carolina’s draconian new voter-ID laws are a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. But voter backlash could be fierce.Please click here to read the full article.
October 2, 2012
What is the lasting impression Massachusetts voters may have following the latest Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren Senate debate? Maybe that Scott Brown isn’t quite as nice as his image would suggest.Please click here to read the full article.
August 23, 2012
Just when you thought members of Congress couldn’t get any more ridiculous or despised, a rash of stories makes it clear that they can.Please click here to read the full article.
August 11, 2012
I first met Paul Ryan in 1995 when he was working for freshman Rep. Sam Brownback, a member of the House class of 1994. Like most of that class and their staffs, Ryan was a true believer — a reference not to his faith but to the class’s single minded conviction that reducing federal spending and cutting the deficit was their mission. It’s a view Ryan still holds.Please click here to read the full article.
April 17, 2012
Inscribed in stone on the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington are the words “Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society”, a quotation taken from a 1927 Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Please click here to read the full article.
March 7, 2012
The American people think Congress is broken and judging by its track record that assessment is accurate. The average House and Senate member now sides with their party about 90 percent of the time, according to a recent Congressional Quarterly study, a level of lockstep agreement that reflects the most profound partisan polarization in Congress in 100 years. Now, with Democrats trying to hold onto their majority in the Senate and Republicans trying to win it as the election draws closer, the chance that legislative comity might improve is close to vanishing.Please click here to read the full article.
March 6, 2012
It was a slightly tired-looking and sounding Rick Santorum who greeted supporters at an American Legion post in Westerville, on Columbus’ north side Monday afternoon. His voice a bit hoarse, Santorum began by setting the stakes for Ohio’s role on Super Tuesday, “It’s always make or break here.” Polling has shown Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of Santorum in Ohio among GOP primary voters and a loss here could mean the end of the road for Santorum, whose long-short presidential bid has gone further than he may have dared to dream, but is now foundering from a lack of resources. Romney has spent $12 million on negative TV ads in Ohio, compared to Santorum’s less than $1 million, the candidate said.Please click here to read the full article.
February 2, 2012
It’s a beautiful, brilliant autumn Sunday in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, a city of about 10,000 where the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers converge about 200 miles west of Denver. Several dozen residents have gathered at the Blue Bird Café, an outdoor clothing and equipment outfitter, bookstore and café featuring gourmet coffee, organic ice cream, gluten-free cupcakes, ceiling fans, and 19th-century saloon-style furnishings. They have come to meet Kathleen Curry, their state representative who in 2010 was running for re-election to the legislature as an independent write-in candidate, a serious uphill battle.Please click here to read the full article.
January 23, 2012
In the wake of his 12-point victory in the GOP South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich has pierced Mitt Romney’s mantle of inevitability, but it’s still a long way to the nomination and many senior Republicans are warning that a Gingrich candidacy would mean disaster for the party in November.Please click here to read the full article.
