Corporations Really Are People While the nation holds its collective breath over the fate of Obamacare (hint, it’s going down) the...

On the presidential campaign trail in 2008, Arizona Sen. John McCain regularly invoked Theodore Roosevelt as his role model. “I count...

Skillful politicians, it is often said, make their own luck. They have – or develop – the instincts to act, speak or hold their tongue at...

The closed Idaho primary election was the big loser yesterday. Most Idahoans – maybe close to 80% of the eligible voters – voted with...

Idaho voters will find something new today if they make the effort to get to their neighborhood polling place and it’s going to be very...

Google “Mitt Romney” today and the first thing that appears is “Mitt Romney bullying,” which says a lot about a lot of things. It may...

Harry Truman famously said, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” I’ll offer the Johnson Corollary to Truman’s great one...

There is an old truism in politics that holds that one can go from hero to zero just like that – meaning quick, very quick. The reverse...

Mad Men Attitudes and 21st Century Politics By every measure it seems clear that Ann Romney has the smarts, style and personal qualities...

There is an old and respected approach to judicial review of controversial and essentially political issues that holds that judges should...

Typically in politics the most painful wounds are self-inflicted. Candidates shoot themselves in the foot and hobble around for days...

When former Florida Republican Gov. Jeb Bush suggested recently that “appealing to people’s fears and emotion” just might not be a...

First: Can Ron Paul, as I naively asked yesterday, win Idaho? Answer: Nope, not even close. If Paul couldn’t win in Alaska, North Dakota...

Watching the GOP field I have come to believe that only Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian from Texas, is truly comfortable in his own skin....

For a while during his second comeback of the GOP primary season Newt Gingrich was spending more time talking about Saul Alinsky than his...

Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas– that’s him in the photo when he was at the height of his influence – still holds the record as the...

Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana certainly ranks as one of the most significant politicians to ever hail from Hoosierland. He’s...

Memo to CNN: in future debates don’t put candidates for president of the United States at little desks that look like they belong in a...

Should you desire to get caught up on your political reading, here are several “must reads” to start the week: Walter Shapiro has a tough...

There are few enduring truths in politics. Money usually wins would be one truism. Optimism beats gloom would be another. The truism that...