McCain’s Balancing Act

These days, there are three John McCains.

One is the pride-driven defeated presidential candidate who hopes Americans will compare him to President Obama and realize the error of their ways. Another is a true-believer neoconservative, dedicated to using his Senate perch to push for aggressive military efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And then there’s Read More

Barack Obama Talks for the Cycle

Maybe it would have been more interesting if the White House had taken a page from Ronald Reagan’s old playbook.

It was back in December 1987 when, with just over a year left in his second term, Reagan played host to a Washington summit with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev. In terms of domestic Read More

Bloomberg and Booker, a Love Fest

David Gregory touted the joint appearance of Michael Bloomberg and Cory Booker on Sunday’s Meet the Press as an opportunity to discuss the “economy and the president's stimulus plan and their impact on big cities across the country.”

But mostly it was an opportunity for the two mayors, cross-generational allies who Read More

Weekend of a Thousand Stars

On the morning of Sunday, May 10, Pat Buchanan sauntered across K Street. The political pundit was wearing a blazer and a blood red tie. It was the day after the White House Correspondents Association dinner, and the weather in the nation’s capital was beautiful, bright and breezy.

Mr. Buchanan was zeroing in on John Read More