Latest articles by Robert Shrum
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Morning in Obama's America
feature The president sounds like Reagan. His opponents have a bad case of malaise
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Britain proves the folly of GOP economics
feature First slash spending. Then watch the economy contract
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The unholy alliance between Catholic bishops and the GOP
feature Catholic leaders are self-righteously trying to infringe on the liberty of all Americans. And head-in-the-sand Republicans are cheering them on
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Romney on the precipice
feature Santorum is surging toward an improbable win in Michigan — a victory that might just push the juggernaut Romney campaign right off a cliff
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Republicans serve the devil his Tea
feature The GOP's Faustian bargain with the Tea Party will cost it dearly in 2012 — or sooner
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The increasingly worthless GOP nomination
feature Mitt Romney is pandering so desperately to the far-right fringe that he's become all but unelectable in November
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Mitt Romney is the Richard Nixon of 2012
feature Just like our 37th president, the once and future GOP frontrunner will secure his party's nomination because the GOP has no other choice
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The GOP's sad, intolerant 2012 field
feature At the weekend's Values Voters Summit, Republican presidential candidates and conservative kingmakers proved that bigotry is among their chief values
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The GOP's dangerous arrogance
feature An American default – or deliberate descent into another economic crisis – is unthinkable to most of global civil society. What great nation would do this to itself – or everyone else?
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Attack of the Zombie Republicans
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Obama's eloquence in action
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Obama gets his groove back
feature In his State of the Union address, Obama offers no retreat on his agenda, and no place to hide for the Republicans.
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Decision time for Obama, Dems and GOP
feature The GOP must decide whether to follow the Tea Party over a cliff. Dems must decide whether to distance themselves from Obama. And the president must prove once again that he can tip events in his favor
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Sharia politics at Notre Dame
opinion In the neo-Caths’ view, if Obama disagrees with Catholic doctrine, he must be condemned and silenced—even if he’s not a member of the church. This assertion of an almost limitless role for the church in public lif
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The case for Nancy Pelosi
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Cheney's charge up the molehill
opinion The last recourse of the rear-guard, the only answer they have left, is that at least the nation has not been attacked at home since 2001. This is a blatant shift in their argument that reflects their fall from power. In office, they constantly w
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Is Joe Biden an amiable dunce?
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Krugman and Douthat both wrong on Kennedy
opinion The Op-Ed page of The New York Times published two columns on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the same day. From Paul Krugman on the Left, and Ross Douthat on the Right, we got two fistfuls of error.
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All politics is national
feature Democrats are fretting over midterm elections. But if they start fighting back -- and drawing key distinctions with Republicans -- now, they'll fare much better in November.
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Mitt Romney is the only adult in the room
feature After 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
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Will a Tea Party Supreme Court guarantee Obama a second term?
feature The court's conservative wing appears ready to engage in some despicable judicial activism on ObamaCare. Politically, at least, the justices are doing Obama a favor
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Mitt Romney has the GOP strapped to the roof of his car
feature Republican voters are the Seamus of 2012 — slowing Mitt down by dumping on him, but unable to stop him from reaching his ultimate destination
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Mini-Mitt's massive Super Tuesday challenge
feature Romney just barely eked out a win in his home state of Michigan. The robotic Republican will have an even tougher time in Ohio
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It was a Super Tuesday for Democrats
feature A battered Mitt Romney is still a near lock for the GOP nomination — and that's good news for Dems not just in 2012 but in 2016 too
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