Category: Politics

James Pethokoukis at US News & World Report postulates that a potential economic downturn could portend a Democratic victory in 2008. It's terrible luck for Republican candidates in 2008 …

Much is made of the Iraqi government's lack of political progress - as defined in fluid fashion by Washington politicians. The more dangerous political instability for Iraq may be …

Karl Rove has announced he is stepping down from the White House staff. When he goes, the President will lose one of his ablest advisors, and the Republican Party …

Political demagoguery threatens pending free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia, Peru and Panama, as The Detroit News notes: Democrats in Congress, along with some Republicans, are promoting protectionism …

Corn harvests are breaking all records, as is the acreage devoted to it - and yet there isn't enough to supply demand, and corn-based food products are rising dramatically …

"One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small . . ." The Alice-in-Wonderland magic is back, with Democratic Presidential candidates showing their nearly complete ignorance of …

The traditional political wisdom of modern Presidential campaigns follows the Nixon Plan from 1968: run to the right (left for Democrats) in the primaries, then back towards the middle …

Military historian Victor Davis Hanson notes that one measure of progress in Iraq is which ship the rats are jumping off in his NRO column: So how do we …

I have an online friend who likes to pick at me. (It seems that it's one of her favorite forms of entertainment.) She finds little apparent inconsistencies and awkward …

Patrick Ruffini and Mark Tapscott have must-reads for political junkies this weekend. Ruffini explains how those complaining that the right does not have an equivalent of the liberal netroots …