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

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

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

A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president..

Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowl….

We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great cha….

I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that my best shot at moving….

We're living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it..

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as….

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

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..

Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every presi….

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist..

Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so ma….

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

Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. B….

Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, no….

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

According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill..

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

American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation's narrative..