Nominating Mitt Malaprop
February 3, 2012, at 10:22 AMRomney has the GOP nomination wrapped up — but his serial verbal miscues will haunt him in November
Robert Shrum
Obama is the Reagan of 2012
January 30, 2012, at 12:45 PMNewt and Mitt are clambering over each other trying to claim the Gipper's mantle. But it's a Democrat whose situation and rhetoric best mirror Reagan's
28 CommentsMitt Romney's taxing baggage
January 19, 2012, at 1:06 PMMitt's tax avoidance embodies unfairness in a moment when economic justice is a driving issue. And to boot, he comes off as out of touch, unconnected, and unconcerned
10 CommentsMonsieur Romney's attack on American values
January 12, 2012, at 12:29 PMThe GOP frontrunner blasts the president as "tak[ing] his inspiration from the capitals of Europe." But the truth is, that's exactly what Mitt's doing
9 CommentsMitt's single-digit landslide, and Newt's singularly focused revenge
January 5, 2012, at 12:20 PMRomney can no longer avoid the fury of his desperate rivals. This weekend in New Hampshire, they'll pile on the frontrunner like never before
14 CommentsIs it Mitt in Iowa?
December 22, 2011, at 12:20 PMRomney has long downplayed the importance of the first-in-the-nation caucuses, but an increasingly likely win would help him cruise to the nomination
The GOP establishment better get used to Newt
December 12, 2011, at 5:28 PMA rhyming commentariat chorus inside the GOP wrote Gingrich off. But now he's back — and he's not going away
7 CommentsThe radical dangers of Mitt Romney's America
December 2, 2011, at 6:20 AMAs president, the shape-shifting Republican would bow to the far Right — and sacrifice many of the programs and ideals that make this nation great
28 CommentsThe brainless use of pop psychology to diss Obama
November 21, 2011, at 10:05 AMCritics claim to get inside Obama's head, and proclaim that the president is an indecisive failure. Nothing could be farther from the truth
14 CommentsIn defense of Jon Corzine
November 17, 2011, at 5:47 PMMF Global may have gone down on the Democrat's watch. But first, Jon Corzine was a proud progressive who made New Jersey proud
129 CommentsMitt Romney is the only adult in the room
November 10, 2011, at 8:39 PMAfter Rick Perry's abysmal debate and Herman Cain's transparently false sexual harassment defense, it's more clear than ever that Romney's the one
88 CommentsThe GOP's desperate hunt for anyone but Mitt Romney
November 3, 2011, at 9:33 AMHerman Cain unravels. Rick Perry stumbles. And Republicans keep praying that someone will rescue them from the flip-flopping Romney
16 CommentsPopulism is Obama's path to victory
October 27, 2011, at 6:20 AMCritics berate the president for taking his inspiring new progressive message to the American people. But it's the critics who ought to be ashamed
85 CommentsWe're in the euro now
October 21, 2011, at 5:54 AMThe eurozone teeters on the brink of financial catastrophe, and the U.S. economy — and the 2012 election — may hang in the balance
14 CommentsThe GOP's sad, intolerant 2012 field
October 9, 2011, at 5:15 PMAt the weekend's Values Voters Summit, Republican presidential candidates and conservative kingmakers proved that bigotry is among their chief values
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