Picking up the ‘fractured right’
One of today’s most over-reported political topics is “the fractured right.” Policy factions, a lack of leaders, minority status–the storyline changes, but the subject does not. The media cannot...
View ArticleThe post-August five
Political winds of change are blowing and, for now, coming from the right. Since August, they have been gusting at hurricane force. The five elections that have taken place since then give an...
View ArticleIt’s the government’s business
Competition drives business. Monopoly drives government. Were a pure monopoly to be granted in business, we would not expect it to operate much differently than a government does
View ArticleSupremely bad timing
Just when things couldn’t get any better for conservatives in November, they did. The retirement announcement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens just offered them another issue for the fall...
View ArticleAll economics is local
To understand politics’ anti-incumbency, look no further than the economy’s anti-recovery.
View ArticleObama’s failures may move him to the left
The president has little incentive to compromise, and that could scare congressional Democrats
View ArticleNot partisan thaw, but Obamacare fallout behind the budget deal
With a shutdown off the table, the focus is right where the GOP wants it: the ACA
View ArticleObamacare’s ripple effect for 2016 and beyond
Congress won't put up much longer with incompetent leaders usurping their authority.
View ArticleAmerica is no longer listening to Obama
'If the usual political communication failure is to be off-message, the White House seems to be out of one.'
View ArticleHillary: More Myth Than Reality
The problem isn't that she's unaccomplished, it's that she's done little with her titles.
View ArticleThe Opportunity Of Not Being Obama
There's never been a better time to not be the president.
View ArticlePresident Obama Is Losing His Greatest Asset: Likeability
Few presidents have reclaimed it, once lost, and Obama needs public approval more than most.
View ArticleThe Left’s Split Personality On Budget And Environmental Policy
One is an actuarial certainty, the other is a hypothesis. But to the left, only one is a crisis.
View ArticleRepublicans’ Sudden Generic Ballot Surge
On virtually all issues, congressional Democrats could suffer for Obama's mismanagement.
View ArticleWhy Hillary Won’t Win
'Hillary’s task is far harder than most understand: It requires her to win without running.'
View ArticleWill Democrats Go Down With Obama On Terrorism?
Democratic candidates are now facing a twofold question: Is terrorism Obama's iceberg and how long can they afford to remain aboard?
View ArticleWashington’s Uncontrolled Spending Is Republicans’ Unrecognized Opportunity
Obama released his 'legacy budget' this week, but his budget legacy is already written.
View ArticleSmall Growth And Big Government
America is closing in on a decade of lost economic growth.
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