Mitt's Divided Strategy

Posted: 05 Jan 2008 12:45 AM CST

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Desperate to save Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, his advisers all wanted to attack Sen. John McCain but were divided about how...

Iowa Voters Signal They Want Change From Both Parties

Posted: 05 Jan 2008 12:43 AM CST

Predicting the outcome of a political contest, especially an American election, is no easy task. In August 1864, Abraham Lincoln implored his Cabinet to press ahead urgently in its effort to prevail...

Last Hurrah For Reagan Coalition?

Posted: 05 Jan 2008 12:40 AM CST

The huge Democratic turnout in the Iowa Caucuses, over twice that of the GOP, and the stampede by independents to vote in the Democratic precincts, suggests that Iowa, a swing state carried by...

Goldilocks Needs Tax-Reform, Not Populism

Posted: 05 Jan 2008 12:35 AM CST

Yes, corporate profits are slowing and jobs are softening. Despite 52 months of ongoing jobs gains and 1.3 million new payrolls in the past year, December jobs registered only 18,000 and the...

Looking At Iowa From Afar

Posted: 05 Jan 2008 12:30 AM CST

PARIS -- Watching the end of the Iowa caucus elections from afar these days is hardly what it used to be. In the old days, we used to check into a big hotel with sketchy international television or...

Produced By Iowa

Posted: 05 Jan 2008 12:25 AM CST

It's wonderful what a mere American presidential caucus contest can do. Gov. Bill Richardson, interviewed after the Iowa caucuses, said that his ranking in the vote must be understood in the light of...