Why I Support ObamaR...

Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics The campaign for president "“ to be decided in the election in November 2012 "“ is going to be decided, most people believe, by the state of the economy and its impact on each of us as we enter the voting booth. I believe...

The Drug War & Obam...

Penn Jilette In a recent episode of his podcast "Penn's Sunday School," comedian Penn Jillette laid his opinions on the Obama drug policies out on the table.Jillette, who has never done drugs or drank alcohol in his life, expressed particular concern over the policies'...

Cory Booker: Making Cap...

Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian In just a week, the Obama campaign has released two ads using Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital to paint the self-described "very successful" businessman as a money-grubbing, family-destroying, heartless sweatshop slave-driver. In the first of...

Swing Voters and Elasti...

Nate Silver, New York Times North Carolina is a swing state that has relatively few swing voters. Rhode Island is not a swing state, but it has quite a lot of swing voters.Are you confused yet?The concept I’m getting at here is a pretty basic one, although it is sometimes hard...

New Rev. Wright Allegat...

Byron York, DC Examiner There's a difference of opinion among Republicans about the wisdom of introducing the Rev. Jeremiah Wright issue into the presidential campaign. A lot of top GOP strategists think it's a bad — a very bad — idea. "Frankly, trying to dredge...

Obama Thinks He’s...

Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., came across as a moderate, sensible Democrat when he said on "Meet the Press" Sunday that negative political ads are "nauseating to the American public. Enough is enough. Stop attacking private equity. Stop...

Obama, Private Equity a...

David Brooks, New York Times Forty years ago, corporate America was bloated, sluggish and losing ground to competitors in Japan and beyond. But then something astonishing happened. Financiers, private equity firms and bare-knuckled corporate executives initiated a series of reforms and...

Timing May Be Key in Ro...

Scott Conroy, RCP As Mitt Romney deliberates on his most important pre-convention political decision, the identity of whomever he selects as a running mate isn't the only choice he and the vetting team must make.The timing of that vice-presidential unveiling can have a major impact...

WH Logs Show Extent of ...

T.W. Farnam, Washington Post Before 9 a.m., a group of lobbyists began showing up at the White House security gates with the chief executives of their companies, all of whom serve on President Obama’s jobs council, to be checked in for a roundtable with the president.At 1 p.m.,...

The GOP’s Sad Inf...

Roland Martin, CNN Shortly after President Barack Obama was inaugurated, he said that his re-election effort will be judged largely on the economy.The overall unemployment rate is above 8%; fewer than 150,000 jobs were created the last month; student loan debt has hit $1 trillion;...