Today's RCP Articles

Today's RCP Articles


Perceptions of Iraq War Are Starting to Shift
Posted: 06 Aug 2007 01:46 AM CDT
It's not often that an opinion article shakes up Washington and changes the way a major issue is viewed. But that happened last week, when The New York Times printed an opinion article by Brookings...


Stealth Tax Increase
Posted: 06 Aug 2007 01:33 AM CDT
WASHINGTON -- The 42 senators and 196 House members who have signed a no-tax-increase pledge received a stern warning last Wednesday from Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform (ATR): If you vote...


The Democrats Dither on Trade
Posted: 06 Aug 2007 01:33 AM CDT
Democratic presidential candidates like to talk about "turning a page" in America's relations with the rest of the world. But what does that mean, in practical terms, on bread-and-butter issues such...


Too Many Debates, Too Little Impact
Posted: 06 Aug 2007 01:19 AM CDT
Although politicians promising more than they can deliver often flout the laws of economics, the 2008 presidential campaign is a priceless illustration of how supply and demand can devalue televised...


First Family Wins and Wounds
Posted: 06 Aug 2007 01:17 AM CDT
How different our politics might be if presidents and presidential wannabes were like priests, sworn to celibacy. Bill Clinton might still be in Hot Springs. We're forced, among other things, to...


A Freshman Lawmaker's Prescriptions
Posted: 06 Aug 2007 01:12 AM CDT
WASHINGTON - Since almost everyone in Washington knows that members of Congress and their staffs have some of the best health insurance in town, you can imagine the surprise that greeted freshman...


Iowa Republicans See Romney As Straw Poll Winner
Posted: 05 Aug 2007 10:27 PM CDT
With a week to go before the Iowa Republican Party's critical straw poll, an informal survey of Iowa Republican Party leaders, conducted by Real Clear Politics, shows high expectations for former...


Whitey, Billy and Mitt
Posted: 05 Aug 2007 01:09 AM CDT
Thursday in Iowa, GOP presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he wants to strip government officials convicted for corruption of their pensions. He noted his...


House Democrats' Patern Of Abuse
Posted: 04 Aug 2007 11:00 PM CDT
(Editor's note: these remarks were prepared for delivery on Saturday, August 4, but were denied the opportunity to be given on the House floor) "Mr. Speaker, I rise today because enough is enough. ...