Obama shows no sign of easing up on negativity..

With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership..

You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous….

It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic..

Palin seems to have forgotten that her poll ratings have plummeted since the summer of 2011..

For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda..

Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job..

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009..

Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil..

Perhaps we should wait until his second term begins before carving Barack Obama's face in Mount Rushmore. Is that asking too much?.

Anything may be possible in America, but a Palin presidency is virtually implausible..

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 mo….

Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Pres….

If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia..

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 fl….

If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep your health insurance plan.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics..

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relati….

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices..

I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric..

Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup..