No, Obama is not Nixon
ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for audits, have caused some to liken President Obama to Richard Nixon...
How Obama changed the gay marriage debate
ANALYSIS - As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage, it's clear Obama's words profoundly changed the gay marriage debate...
At CPAC, Republicans remain resistant to change
ANALYSIS - Five months after their second straight electoral drubbing, leading Republicans remain reluctant to articulate what the party must change in order to win presidential elections in the future...
Republicans still trying to dump Obamacare
ANALYSIS - The inclusion of repeal in the House budget illustrates a broader problem for the GOP: a lack of vision on many major issues...
Why Obama's new charm offensive could work
ANALYSIS - At first glance, President Obama's new initiative to court congressional Republicans over lunches, dinners and private phone calls seems fruitless...
GOP still groping for a direction
ANALYSIS - Five months after Election Day, the Republicans are still grappling with how they should reorient their party to win presidential elections in the future...
Supreme Court's 'post-racial' America
OPINION - The nation's first black president says race still matters, while the Supreme Court is effectively suggesting it does not. And on this issue, the Court, not the president, is the decider...
Welcome to Obama's more progressive America
OPINION - The back and forth between the president and Republicans over the $85 billion in cuts due to go into effect on March 1 has obscured the new reality of Washington...
Why GOP is fighting Obama on the sequester
ANALYSIS - The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as the sequester, centers around one fundamental question: how much has President Obama's victory in November changed the nation's political dynamics on fiscal issues?...
Is President Obama wrong about drones?
ANALYSIS - Would law professor or senator Barack Obama have supported effectively giving a U.S. president unilateral power to kill American citizens abroad if they are suspected of being involved in terrorism?...
