I could fill up this blog with fresh poll results every day and it's tempting, in part because it's so easy.A week ago Monday Gallup started publishing a five-day tracking tracking and now publishes a fresh result every day. On that first day, Mitt Rom... »
No matter how barren the political landscape seems, no matter how tedious the campaign becomes, take heart: Our next leader will have respectable abs. We live in a golden decade of presidential fitness, when financial markets are unaffected by the top ... »
Could a decades-old story of a politician’s long-dead dog really help determine the direction, even the outcome, of the 2012 presidential election? Whether or not Mitt Romney wins today’s Michigan primary, there’s no doubt that it’s been a damaging cou... »
Does the corner office prepare you for the Oval Office?It's a central question of the 2012 Republican primary – and will probably remain so through the general election, if Mitt Romney hangs on to become the nominee. Mr. Romney, of course, says, yes, b... »
“A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must... »
The US Senate on Thursday approved a controversial measure that affirms broad authority for the nation’s military to indefinitely detain suspected Al Qaeda members and associates captured in the United States. The measure, a rider to the $662 billion D... »
I could fill up this blog with fresh poll results every day and it's tempting, in part because it's so easy.A week ago Monday Gallup started publishing a five-day tracking tracking and now publishes a fresh result every day. On that first day, Mitt Rom... »
