Latest articles by Robert Shrum
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Populism is Obama's path to victory
feature Critics berate the president for taking his inspiring new progressive message to the American people. But it's the critics who ought to be ashamed
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In defense of Jon Corzine
feature MF Global may have gone down on the Democrat's watch. But first, Jon Corzine was a proud progressive who made New Jersey proud
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Obama threaded the needle in Egypt
feature Judge the president's diplomacy by the results — not by the critics
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President Cuomo
feature The bold New York governor who brought same-sex marriage to the Empire State has become a civil rights hero — and a 2016 contender
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Seven days in June
feature A week ago, the president was on the ropes, and critics of all political stripes were questioning his ability to rise to the occasion. Today, no one should be
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A midterm message in Virginia and New Jersey
feature One Democratic candidate has distanced himself from his party's and his president's signature issue. Another has embraced it. Who's better off?
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Obama and the GOP: 2008 debate foretold all
feature The last of Barack Obama's 2008 debates with John McCain previewed the kind of president he has become. It also painted a vividly distinct portrait of the current GOP.
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David Brooks' neo-Hooverite plea
feature The conservative N.Y. Times columnist is politely asking Obama to ignore basic economics, ignore the bond markets, and ignore Nobel laureate Paul Krugman — and to please steer the economy into a ditch
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The Taliban GOP
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The race-based GOP
opinion Republican attacks on Sonia Sotomayor are poisoning "the soul of what used to be the Party of Lincoln"
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Does the GOP stand for anything?
feature Republicans have concluded that by opposing everything, they can end up winning in 2010 and 2012. But can a party with no platform succeed?
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Bye bipartisanship
feature With his televised dominance of debate, Obama has invented a new style of presidential leadership. But on health care, the time has come for confrontation, not conciliation.
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Is Obama winning?
feature The president's long-game strategy has confounded a town with a famously short attention span. With Obama doubling down on health reform, our columnist doubles down on Obama.
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Bloomberg's road to the White House
feature The GOP's highest priority is to stall economic recovery. If they succeed, New York Mayor Bloomberg will be the beneficiary
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The radical dangers of Mitt Romney's America
feature As president, the shape-shifting Republican would bow to the far Right — and sacrifice many of the programs and ideals that make this nation great
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The brainless use of pop psychology to diss Obama
feature Critics claim to get inside Obama's head, and proclaim that the president is an indecisive failure. Nothing could be farther from the truth
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Mitt Romney won. And now he's going to lose
feature The all-but-certain GOP nominee swung so far to the right to please the conservative base that he stands next to no shot of beating President Obama
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Mitt Romney is the Dorian Gray of 2012
feature The presumed GOP nominee would like to keep the true portrait of his character stashed away while he Etch A Sketches a new public persona. Too late, Mitt
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Liberals should stop bashing Obama
feature Liberals are taking out their frustrations in all the wrong ways. Obama needs us -- and we need him
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This is not Ronald Reagan's GOP
feature Forget the Grand Old Party. Today's maddening, intransigent GOP is a Gang Of Purists
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How Obama could win the GOP primaries
feature Tea Party firebrand Michele Bachmann is soaring in the polls — alarming the GOP establishment, and greatly aiding the president's campaign
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Barack Obama will be back on top
feature Here's why the president will win re-election in 2012
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It really is about regime change in Libya
feature Ignore the president's hysterical critics. Obama's aim is to topple Gadhafi — and he knows the stakes are high
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The degradation of John McCain
feature Angrily scorning his own past positions, McCain behaves like a batty, deluded uncle. But his hypocrisy is tragically rational
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