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Talk of a Third Party 2012 Candidacy Grows
Tweet Share on Facebook April 27, 2012 Comment (25)Talk of a late third party presidential candidate keeps popping up among D.C. political pros who look at reams of polling data and other evidence and see an electorate anxious to cast a pox on both political houses in the form of an independent presidential bid.
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Top Strategists Don’t Like Their Parties’ 2012 Chances
Tweet Share on Facebook April 26, 2012 Comment (6)Judging by the mood among top political strategists this morning, no one is feeling especially confident about the presidential election.
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Republicans Support 'Disclose Act' ... Next Year
Tweet Share on Facebook April 26, 2012 CommentLegislation like the “Disclose Act” really does have GOP support and could pass … in the next Congress, the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee said Thursday. Not this year, though, that would be rash.
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The Republican Definition of 'Compromise'
Tweet Share on Facebook April 26, 2012 Comment (7)What is compromise? Getting more of what you want, according to House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price of Georgia.
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Poll: Obama Leads Romney In Youth Vote, But Has Trouble Too
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 Comment (6)President Obama has widened his lead among voters age 18-29, according to a survey released Tuesday by Harvard University's Institute of Politics. Nevertheless, said the institute's director Trey Grayson, "The president continues to struggle with key segments of the millennial demographic."
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'Fear' Key to U.S.-E.U. Free Trade Pact, Says Chamber President
Tweet Share on Facebook April 19, 2012 Comment (1)I mentioned earlier that I saw U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue speak before the Atlantic Council Wednesday. One of the issues he pushed quite forcefully was a free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. I was struck by his bare knuckles assessment of the politics surrounding such an agreement. The key, he said, was "fear."
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U.S. Chamber Chief: 'Reality' Killing Romney's China Talking Point
Tweet Share on Facebook April 19, 2012 Comment (2)While former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has made challenging China for currency manipulation a staple of his campaign, “reality” has mooted that policy, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday.
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The Difference Between Scotch and U.S. Whiskey
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2012 Comment (3)I had the good fortune a couple of weeks ago to spend some time at the reconstructed George Washington distillery down near Mount Vernon and watch the distillation process in action—with a twist. The Washington distillery usually produces rye whiskey, but the batch brewed up when I was there was in the Scotch style. They even brought over ingredients, casks (which, as you’ll read below, originally came from the United States), and a trio of master distillers from Scotland for the project.
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Nazis Get Their Own Lobbyist
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2012 Comment (215)So Rep. Allen West thinks the Democratic Party is full of communists? Wait until he gets a load of the new Nazi lobbyist. No, seriously.
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The Next Swing States: Arizona, Georgia, and Texas
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 Comment (5)One other interesting tidbit from the Bipartisan Policy Center’s forum on the demographics of the 2012 election: The two demographic experts were asked about states that don’t swing now but could flip their partisanship in a cycle or two. The answers: Arizona, Georgia, and Texas.
Robert Schlesinger
Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of "White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters." E-mail him at rschlesinger@usnews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.
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