Team Obama Putting Romn...

Bill Schneider, Politico ‘More to come.”That’s what a source close to the Obama campaign told POLITICO about the ad attacking Mitt Romney’s record as chief executive officer of Bain Capital. This is not a one-week story. It’s going to be...

Michelle vs. Oprah, Wit...

John Kass, Chicago Tribune The last thing President Barack Obama needs is a domestic crisis of gargantuan proportions, one that threatens to swallow up the NATO Chicago summit:Michelle vs. Oprah: The catfight.Does Michelle Obama really think Oprah Winfrey is too heavy to help in...

What I Learned Vetting ...

A.B. Culvahouse, Wall St. Journal A short list of five to 15 leading Americans soon will be notified that the presumptive Republican nominee for president believes they are serious contenders to be his running mate. They will be asked for their agreement to join him on the GOP ticket if...

Portman: Best of the Bo...

Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg The minute Senator Rob Portman, the Republican from Ohio who helped Mitt Romney win his state’s primary, walked into the room, I knew that he would be the Republican vice presidential candidate.As he conceded proudly, he is a Boring White Guy, which...

President Seeks to Ener...

Jonathan Easley, The Hill President Obama is focusing his campaign efforts on the voters who turned out for him in force in 2008 and who he will need to mobilize again this year. The president's most high-profile move came this week when he reached out to the lesbian, gay, bisexual...

Obama’s Trying to...

William Galston, New Republic When Lyndon Johnson endorsed path-breaking civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s, he knew that he was irrevocably changing the Democratic Party. As he was affixing his signature to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he reportedly remarked to an aide that he...

Sarkozy Gets the Boot...

Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast France"”and, along with it, Europe and possibly the global economy"”are about to enter a new and uncertain era. The first exit polls in French media have put socialist François Hollande ahead of the...

Romney Hires Bush’...

Ezra Klein, Washington Post There’s not much in politics that allows me to say, “I’m old enough to remember when.” But here’s one: I’m old enough to remember when George W. Bush was president.It was, after all, only four short...

Obama Should Be Careful...

Brit Hume, FOX News "There is nothing wrong with President Obama and his campaign citing the bin Laden raid as one of the successes of his administration. But Mr. Obama needs to be careful, because there is almost certainly less political gold in those hills than he may...

Next President Will Be ...

Ross Kaminsky, TAS President Obama has yet to understand that the next president will be cleaning up his messes.Last weekend, Bill Clinton was the featured guest at two fundraisers which brought in a reported $2 million for President Obama's 2012 campaign.As the Daily Caller put it,...