Everyone knew this year's Republican presidential nomination would be a more interesting affair than its Democratic counterpart, and that's generally been true.
What's the point in being up in every poll if it seems like the whole world is against you? No doubt something like that thought is endlessly coursing through Hillary Clinton's brain-what little...
Don't look now, but Mike Huckabee might successfully climb into (the bottom of) the top tier of Republican presidential candidates.
It's easy enough to split the vast western portion of the United States into two subregions and politically stereotype them.
The Republican Party seems exceedingly melancholy. Not everywhere, mind you-congressional Democrats are so riven by internal strife as to provide only token opposition on many issues-but when it...
In Washington, Iraq has unequivocally taken center stage. This week is all about two men, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, and their report to Congress and the nation about the...
France may be headed in a new direction, as its new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, speaks seriously of domestic reform and puts a new foot forward internationally.
It's going to be an interesting summer. And putting it that way is a dramatic understatement. In the coming months, Republicans and Democrats will navigate the political landscape with an eye...
Western Europe is wasting away. Sclerotic economies are unable to offer opportunities to an often restless populace while a serious crisis of identity has produced some disquieting results.
A capital city that's recently seen significant political upheaval is now hanging on the edge of bitter civil war; the new Democratic majority seems ready to go to war with itself.
