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There is a rueful note in today's New York Times report of impending White House triumph in "a process that has at times seemed on...

Left and right, anxiety over the ugly turn of American politics this month is provoking conflict about the conflict. Paul Krugman decries ...

Hearty laughs are so scarce these days that political observers should be grateful for news that John Boehner has ordered his House pygmies ...

Not everything is Change in the new Washington. When Attorney General Eric Holder had the temerity to mention gun control the other day, Na...

By my count, Barack Obama kissed at least two dozen women on his way in and out of the House last night, but the affectionate post-speech hi...

Call it "partial" or "temporary," the momentum for nationalizing US banks is growing across the political and economic s...

The Barack Obama countdown to saving the American economy continues today, this time with his warning , "A bad situation could become d...

With Democrats ascending, the wordplay in Washington is improving even if the economy isn't. Pressuring Barack Obama to be more aggressi...

In this desperate week of fighting to hold onto Washington power, the GOP will play its last card--to arouse voter fear of what one-party ru...

Congress and Wall Street both crashed today as politicians' fears and public rage collided over the American economy. House members, ove...

After pulling an all-nighter , the low-approval gang in Washington this morning will give us their new, improved version of the $700 billio...

Republicans are tapping into a gusher of voter gullibility. According to the Rasmussen Reports , almost two-thirds of Americans approve of o...

Who will tell her it's time to go? Certainly not her husband, whose dynastic hopes will die hardest. Nor the limp leaders of Congression...

If Hillary Clinton can't stop the primary dominoes from falling, the superdelegates won't save her. The latest defection is Congres...

Looking for redemption in Bush's final year, the White House Art Players might plan a new production of the Dickens classic starring the...

News today that members of Congress, including Nancy Pelosi, failed to protest when they were briefed about waterboarding and other harsh t...

The party that could win the White House and extend its majorities in both houses of Congress next year is in disarray. In confronting a Pre...

Evidence that the Iraq narrative has turned is everywhere. “Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq,” a Wall Street Journal headline enthuses this...

Watching Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Republican Chief Deputy Whip, on PBS’ News Hour last week was a depressing experience. He was debating ...

He did it this morning, without comment or news coverage, an act that proves George Bush to be, depending on your politics, either the most ...