Jun 23 Obama’s Middle Ground on Afghanistan Is Between a Rock and a Hard Place President Obama's address Wednesday night is shown in the White House press briefing room. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. By seeking the middle ground in unwinding U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, President Obama now finds himself on an… Continue reading
Jun 22 President Obama Faces Difficult Test in Afghan Speech President Obama visits troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in December 2010. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. It's been a year-and-a-half since President Obama addressed the nation in prime time about the war effort in Afghanistan. When… Continue reading
Jun 21 Huntsman to Launch Campaign With Biography and Style Up Front Jon Huntsman plans to declare his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call. One truism of American presidential politics is that biography is not destiny. But biography is a key gateway… Continue reading
Jun 17 The Morning Line: Days Later, Pawlenty Lands Clean Jab at Romney By Maureen Hoch It was Hillary Clinton, in the last presidential campaign, who said that there are no “do-overs.” Tim Pawlenty clearly begs to differ. Back in the safety and comfort of a Fox News studio Thursday with Sean Hannity, the former Minnesota… Continue reading
Jun 16 The Morning Line: Romney’s the Man to Beat By Maureen Hoch For Mitt Romney to win the Republican presidential nomination he will need to have more weeks like this. By most accounts the former Massachusetts governor delivered a solid debate performance Monday evening in New Hampshire, which was followed up Wednesday… Continue reading
Jun 15 The Morning Line: Huntsman Gets Ready to Rumble By Maureen Hoch Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has been on the sidelines for the first two Republican presidential debates of the 2012 campaign. Continue reading
Jun 14 The Morning Line: Romney Emerges an Emboldened Frontrunner From Debate By Maureen Hoch Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walked into his first debate of the 2012 nomination contest with a significant lead in national and New Hampshire polls. Continue reading
Jun 08 The Morning Line: Obama to Renew Focus on Jobs By Tom LeGro President Obama repeated his oft-used line Tuesday about how when he wakes up in the morning his first thought is about how to get more Americans back to work. Continue reading
Jun 07 The Morning Line: Pawlenty Rolls Out Economic Plan By Tom LeGro Shocking as it may be, President Obama and every serious contender for the Republican nomination agree on one important fact: The 2012 presidential election is going to be fought and won on the economy. Continue reading
Jun 03 The Morning Line: Amid Poor Jobs Report, Obama Will Tout Autos Success By Tom LeGro On a day when President Obama heads to Ohio to tout the successful rescue of the American auto industry, he'll have to combat brutal headlines about a labor market that seems entirely stalled. Continue reading