Paul Brandus
An award-winning member of the White House press corps, Paul Brandus founded WestWingReports.com (@WestWingReport) and provides reports for media outlets around the United States and overseas. His career spans network television, Wall Street, and several years as a foreign correspondent based in Moscow, where he covered the collapse of the Soviet Union for NBC Radio and the award-winning business and economics program Marketplace. He has traveled to 53 countries on five continents and has reported from, among other places, Iraq, Chechnya, China, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Latest articles by Paul Brandus
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The polls are not rigged — they're just nuanced
feature Conservative howling about supposedly nefarious surveying practices is entirely misplaced
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How a flailing president can get his groove back
feature Obama embarrassed himself in Round 1. The rematch presents a great opportunity for a comeback
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President Obama strikes back
feature Mitt Romney held his own in the second presidential debate, but a clearly plurality of voters declared Obama the winner
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The global hotspots the foreign policy debate will ignore
feature Romney and Obama are sure to trade jabs about Syria, Iran, and China. But it's unlikely that we'll hear anything about North Korea and the EU
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The craziest, most nail-biting elections in U.S. history
feature You may be surprised to learn that Bush-Gore doesn't even crack the top 3
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5 things to be hopeful for in 2013
feature The federal government's debt may be ballooning. But the personal debt of U.S. households is actually shrinking
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Congress won't act on gun control. But Obama and the states can
feature For starters, the president can and should close the "gun show loophole"
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Why Joe Biden's debate swagger matters — and why it doesn't
feature The vice president fired up the base and put Republican Paul Ryan back on his heels. But history shows that even boffo VP performances rarely move the needle
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Obama's maddening failure on gun control
feature On Boston, Obama rightly stayed on the sidelines. On gun control, that same strategy proved foolhardy
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More proof that everyone hates Washington — and why it won't matter in November
feature Cratering popularity for each party is just one part of the story
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How America is failing its veterans
feature The problem is far worse than long wait times at VA hospitals
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Is it too late for Obama to rescue his legacy?
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Sandy Hook a year later: Our hopeless gun debate
feature Each side is too quick to demonize the other
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Debunking 5 Keystone pipeline myths
feature No, America doesn't need Keystone's oil
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Yes, Republicans can impeach President Obama
feature But it would be a boneheaded move for numerous reasons
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Obama's real legacy: the Supreme Court?
feature There's nothing Obama would love more than to appoint another liberal justice
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How much can Obama squeeze Putin?
feature Punishing Russia over Flight 17 could have disastrous effects on the Iranian nuclear talks
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5 things you should worry about in 2014
feature Maybe this won't be such a happy new year, after all
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The 1st annual Tricky Dick Awards
feature Finally, something John Boehner and President Obama can share
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Is the Iran deal Obama's 'Nixon goes to China' moment?
feature It's either a historic breakthrough, or, in the words of Israeli's wary Benjamin Netanyahu, a "historic mistake"
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5 things to be encouraged about in 2014
feature It's not all bad
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Healthcare.gov, Obama's cratering popularity, and the Democrats' big 2014 problem
feature Before you declare the patches to the ObamaCare website a success, consider the administration's many other ailments
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Why Republicans shouldn't get too excited over Obama's stumbles
feature Polls actually show the GOP losing ground in key areas
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Obama's approval is drooping. But it's the GOP that should worry.
feature Ferocious Republican attacks on the president are so single-minded and hyperbolic that the party is only hurting itself
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