Obama Hits Mitt Where I...

Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect The latest advertisement from the Obama campaign—which will air in Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Virginia—is, so far, the most important one of the president’s re-election effort. Take a look:This is a brutal...

Wall Street Has Gotten ...

Ed Morrissey, Hot Air Recently, Barack Obama has refrained from mentioning Dodd-Frank as one of his big accomplishments as President.  That's fortunate, because had Obama used that as a campaign claim this month, the huge loss taken by JP Morgan and one-time Obama ally...

Return of Mitt Romney&#...

Steve Kornacki, Salon Go to home page With the release of a new two-minute (!) negative ad from the Obama campaign, it's now official: Mitt Romney's perfect record of being attacked over his Bain Capital days is still intact.OK, there's an asterisk: Technically, Bain...

Teachers Union a Coloss...

Brian Calle, OC Register It should come as no surprise that a California public employee union would be dubbed the "worst union in America." In the current quarterly edition of City Journal, writer Troy Senik bestows that label on the California Teachers Association, opining...

Newest Kennedy May Rene...

Albert Hunt, Bloomberg For more than half a century, the Kennedys were a force in U.S. politics. Their dominance began with John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential run and lasted until the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 2009.The family’s return as a major political...

Is There a Romney Doctr...

David Sanger, New York Times WASHINGTON DURING the Republican primary debates in January, when Mitt Romney was still trying to outmaneuver the challengers who were questioning his conservative bona fides, he made a declaration about Afghanistan that led a faction of his foreign policy...

Obama Strikes Squarely ...

Sam Stein, Huff Post WASHINGTON — As Mitt Romney campaigned across Ohio during the Republican primary, there was a sense that his message of adding a private-sector touch to national politics was finally resonating among voters. The former Massachusetts governor was still, at that...

Is Obama’s Rhetor...

Josh Kraushaar, NJ In physics, every action produces an equal and opposite reaction. President Obama could learn a lesson from Sir Isaac Newton and understand that while his policies promoting fairness may poll well in a vacuum, they could strike at the heart of the upscale, well-educated...

Mitt Is a Massachusetts...

John Feehery, The Hill Under the advice of Bill Clinton, the Obama campaign strategy for reelection is to paint Mitt Romney as a right-wing zealot.If this is the best that they have, then the Obama reelection campaign is in serious trouble.The Romney brand is set in the minds of most...

Is the Tea Party Still ...

Chris Cillizza, Washington Post Is the tea party breaking up?After playing a dominant role in a number of elections in 2010 — Christine O’Donnell, anyone? — there is growing evidence that the power (and visibility) of the movement has faded somewhat of...