The Obama campaign and the DNC raised a whopping $70 million between July and October ($42.8 million and $27.3 million respectively.) Herman Cain noses into the lead in two national polls. To keep in mind: “Only 30% of his supporters are solidly committed to him with 70% saying they might still go on to support [...]
I’ve written the cover story for this week’s magazine, which is now available online to subscribers. The piece summarizes some of the things I saw and learned on my recent road trip from Laredo, Texas, to Iowa. The most important conclusion seems obvious, but it isn’t much appreciated by our political class or by those [...]
Despite sweeping pessimism about the nation’s fortunes and his own sliding approval ratings, President Obama leads potential Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Perry in hypothetical general-election matchups, according to a new TIME poll.
The Obama Campaign’s senior strategist, David Axelrod, held a midday conference call with reporters on Wednesday that was mostly focused on coming up with new ways of calling Mitt Romney a rudderless panderer without any fixed principles. He even went so far as to quote George Burns: “All you need to succeed in show business [...]
I generally think questions sprung on candidates to name such-and-such country’s leader or to identify a text from their religious scripture are unfair gotchas that don’t tell us much of substance. But this interchange at the Values Voters Summit between Rick Santorum and a Catholic member of the progressive group Faith in Public Life is [...]
Can Rick Perry win the nomination if he can’t win a debate? Sure, there’ve been candidates who’ve won office after losing debates. Both Al Gore and John Kerry were deemed the winners of their rounds with George W. Bush. And remember Barack Obama’s dismal debate performances for the first dozen or so of the whopping [...]
Texas Aggies are famous for their loyalty and their adherence to tradition. The sight of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band marching to martial airs swells the chest of any A&M alumnus, but that does’t mean they all walk in lockstep — as perhaps the country’s most famous Aggie these days, Texas Governor and Republican presidential [...]
The plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador in Washington is something new and weird. Iran’s economy and alliances are failing simultaneously. U.N. sanctions haven’t brought the regime to its knees. But the country, especially its powerful business community, is clearly suffering. Worse, Iran’s most important ally in the region, Syria, has become an international pariah and is on the verge of collapse.
Herman Cain seemed to enjoy his turn auditioning for the role of Mitt Romney’s chief foil Tuesday night. Luxuriating at the center of the table thanks to surging poll numbers, he basked in the attention of his rivals as every exchange seemed to come back to his signature 9-9-9 tax plan. It’s a good thing [...]
Michael Morton faced a throng of reporters last Tuesday just after a Texas judge freed him following 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Now gray-haired and 57, Morton looked on the bright side. “I thank God that this was not a capital case,” he said.
