We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?
Tom Ford
Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing... →
Ron Fournier
A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.
In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.
Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a... →
Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain... →
A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.
I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.
Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.
President George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 largely because he was seen as comfortable in his own skin, while rival John Kerry was viewed as a... →