Ciao, Elaine
When Elaine Chao leaves office at the start of the Obama administration, she will be the longest-serving secretary of labor since World War II and the last remaining member of ...
Kasich Country
Don’t look now, but John Kasich is making a political comeback. The nine-term former Republican congressman from Ohio traveled to the GOP convention this year, where he electrified his home ...
Welch’s McCain
Since at least the 2000 Republican primaries, it has become difficult for conservatives to appreciate two things about John McCain. The first is that he was for many years considered ...
The Tommy Thompson Syndrome
You wouldn’t know it from his ill-fated presidential bid but former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson — the latest casualty of the White House sweepstakes — was once a formidable political ...
Sick on the Right
In simpler times, the phrase “big-government conservatism” was considered an oxymoron. Today, it is the subject of heated debate as well as an increasing number of books. The latest and ...
Negative Can Be a Positive
If the 2006 midterm elections go as expected, the campaigns may end up being some of the ugliest on record. Already we have seen attempts to link candidates to disgraced ...
Party Man
The field of candidates vying to succeed Gov. Mitt Romney in Massachusetts grew by one last week. For beleaguered Bay State Republicans, that may be one too many. ...
After Taft
Last week’s conviction of Gov. Bob Taft on four misdemeanor ethics charges has put another dent in the Ohio Republican party’s image of invincibility–and cast a long shadow over the ...
Crews-Ing Toward An Upset
Massachusetts brought the gay-marriage debate back into the national spotlight last November, but it’s not among the eleven states with a defense-of-marriage amendment on the ballot this election cycle. It ...
A Menace to Dennis?
Although the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has been effectively over since March, Congressman Dennis Kucinich has just now managed to accept his party’s verdict. In Detroit last week, ...