Now that Barack Obama is enthusiastically campaigning on the Affordable Care Act — even proudly referring to it as Obamacare — Mitt Romney is trying to blunt criticism that his plan to scrap health care reform is bad news for …
2012 Election
Mitt Romney’s Campaign Is in Trouble
The danger for the Romney campaign right now is the congealing conventional wisdom that the Republican emerged from Tampa and Charlotte meaningfully behind and facing some tough electoral college reality.
Obama’s Economy: The President Asks Voters to Go on Faith
Democrats are reveling in the damage the GOP base has done to Mitt Romney’s chances to defeat President Obama in November. Between Todd Akin’s malapropist contribution to the political lexicon (“legitimate rape”) and Romney’s …
The Big Lies in Charlotte and Tampa
Looking back at the conventions, it’s hard to avoid a fairly damning truth: they were dishonest. I’m not talking about those “pants on fire” fact checkers everyone’s arguing about. I’m talking about the grand narratives the …
What You Missed While Not Watching the Last Night of the Democratic Convention
4:40 p.m. Tonight was supposed to be big, 60,000 voices screaming in unison, the Super Bowl of entitlement policy and Romney-bashing. But instead, under the threat of lightning, something like 20,000 gather indoors where James …
Obama’s DNC Speech: Hope Urged, Tough Slog Promised
I’m not on President Obama’s payroll, no matter what Stephen Colbert says, so I can say this without fear of being fired: I didn’t get that speech. It felt subdued and clichéd. It felt like it was a few speeches stitched …
Obama Argues for a Second Term Without Closing the Deal
The President gave a fine speech Thursday night. His vision of the country is much closer to the place where I live — and, I daresay, where most Americans live — than Mitt Romney’s. It is an America that includes truck …
Tight Security at Obama’s DNC Debut
A close look at the intense security surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C
Bill Clinton, Medicaid and the Politics of Poverty
Buried amid Bill Clinton’s rhetorical smorgasbord on Wednesday night was a short but fascinating passage about Medicaid, the federal entitlement program for the poor and disabled. Here’s what Clinton said:
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Democrats’ Favorite Biblical Passage: Matthew 25
On Wednesday night at the DNC, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren drew attention to a New Testament passage that has had increasing significance for the Democratic Party: the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25. “ ‘In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,’ ” she …
‘You Were a Senator’: Joe Biden’s Weird Relationship with His Boss
Little Hats, Big Buttons and Sequin Shoes: Standout Style at The DNC
Photos of the most notable fashion trends at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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The Youth Vote: Can Obama Re-create 2008’s Magic?
Election Day 2008 will always be remembered for Americans’ voting the first African-American President of the United States into office. But it was also historic for another reason: an estimated 22 million young Americans under the age of 30 showed up at the polls, the third highest turnout rate for young voters in the nation’s history.