Obama’s Career-Lo...

Jim Geraghty, National Review I would underline that Obama is using a familiar strategy because it’s not really clear that he’s ever had to use any other one. Once he won the Democratic primary for his State Senate seat in 1996, he had the seat for life, representing...

2012 Race May Be More A...

Reid Wilson, National Journal In the 2004 election, both sides knew Ohio would be the state in which the presidency was won or lost. Sen. John Kerry’s campaign spent months and millions trying to persuade voters in suburban counties. But as they canvassed, they were surprised by...

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...

We Don’t All Wish...

Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post If Greece’s economic woes are not a flashing red light for U.S. policy makers, perhaps they will take California’s example to heart. This weekend California Gov. Jerry Brown broke the news to his state: What was projected in January to...

Obama Returns to Topic ...

Jackie Calmes, NY Times RENO, Nev. — After unexpectedly endorsing same-sex marriage and injecting a volatile social issue into the 2012 race, President Obama returned to the topic of the economy Friday, promoting his proposals to allow more Americans to get low-interest mortgage...

A Question for Scott Wa...

Nick Gillespie, Reason Nick Gillespie | May 10, 2012Wisconsin voters go to the polls on June 5 to see if incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker gets to stay in office after pushing to rid collective bargaining for teachers when it comes to retirement and health-care benefits and...

Mitt’s Troubling ...

Jason Horowitz, Wash Post More here: Mitt’s Troubling Incidents From Prep...

Partisanship Is Not a B...

Andrew Rosenthal, NY Times In my post yesterday on Tuesday’s voting, I mentioned that Richard Lugar lost the Indiana Senate primary to Richard Mourdock, a radical right-winger. I didn’t have time to write at length about his thoughtful farewell letter, but...

How a Felon Beat Obama ...

Charles Mahtesian, Politico So how did a felon incarcerated in a Texas prison manage to win 41 percent of the Democratic primary vote against the president of the United States?For starters, Keith Judd was either clever or lucky enough to have filed for the ballot in the heart of...

Two Eye-Popping Numbers...

Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee J-S An election day largely bereft of real suspense managed to produce at least two eye-popping numbers Tuesday:24 points: Tom Barrett’s massive statewide victory margin over Kathleen Falk in a Democratic primary that was far more of a rout –...