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CHICAGO -- Barack Obama senses that he's in the middle of a hurricane whose gale-force winds could blow history his way. He doesn't mind acknowledging that he is learning as...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration keeps having to learn that bland centrism is not pragmatic, it's not helpful in resolving a big crisis, and it certainly doesn't buy you any...

WASHINGTON -- It took less than three weeks for the real Barack Obama to come into view. He turns out to be both a conciliator and a fighter. These are...

WASHINGTON -- The coming week will test the strength of President Obama and the Democrats: Will they lose their nerve, or will they face down a rapidly forming conventional wisdom...

WASHINGTON -- The message sent over the weekend may have been unintentional, but it was nonetheless powerful. While the candidates to chair the Republican National Committee prepared for a debate...

WASHINGTON -- The concept of "found money" is delightful. We cherish the cash that turns up under the bed, in a coat pocket, or in a long-forgotten bank account. And...

WASHINGTON -- There is a second transition under way over which President-elect Barack Obama has no control -- the transition of conservatives to minority status. How they do this will...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- It has been hard to remember lately that the country is in the midst of one of the most consequential presidential elections of our lifetimes. The...

WASHINGTON -- If the long conservative era that began with Ronald Reagan's election is over, will the judges appointed during the right's ascendancy be able to block, frustrate and undermine...