Bill Clinton set a stellar example for Barack Obama. Neither of them understands the difference between campaigning and governing. ...more

March 11, 2009

The battle for the White House is now a 60-day sprint, with John McCain and Barack Obama in pursuit of an elusive political catch: undecided voters who will pick the next president. ...more

September 8, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Now it gets real. After two weeks of political theater - the Democrats at their national convention in Denver, Republicans in St. Paul - the contest for the White House is a 61-day surge, no longer played for the committed but aimed at swing states and swing voters. ...more

September 5, 2008

In a year when personal narratives are primed to trump policy positions as persuaders of the electorate, it is helpful to be reminded that biography often is not destiny. Not that you would have gathered that from either major party's (now blessedly concluded) national conventions. ...more

September 5, 2008

Republican Party officials have developed a well-deserved reputation for planning ever more extravagant national conventions, each built on the party's ability to secure abundant cash. ...more

August 11, 2008

Sen. John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. ...more

July 6, 2008

The heroes of our presidential elections aren't the candidates, although today's campaigns do rival the epic quest of Odysseus. ...more

February 17, 2008

Brace yourself. Forty-three presidential nominating contests in 24 states. Channel upon channel of commentators talking about exit polls. The biggest prize of the night, California, being decided well after most viewers have headed for bed. ...more

February 5, 2008

SEBRING — A record number of Floridians went to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Republican and Democratic primaries, and to OK a property tax. But even more may have showed up if the national Democratic and Republican parties had said they would seat the Florida delegations at the national conventions this summer. "I think it's a very misunderstood situation," said Justine Devlin, chair of the Highlands County Republican Party. ...more

January 30, 2008

Political leaders in both parties are trying to reassure Floridians that despite national party sanctions against the state's Jan. 29 primary, their votes will count in the presidential primaries. ...more

October 20, 2007