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Analysis: What History Tells Us About Obama’s Second Term

Past patterns offer insights into future politics -- and the upcoming “six-year-itch” election.

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Sequestration Hits Obama in the Polls

Voters blame Republicans for the sequester, but it's hurting the president too.

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Analysis: Sequestration May Be a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come

Our government has lurched from one near disaster to another, doing just enough to prevent a cataclysm.

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The Threat to Republicans

A new poll shows the majority of Americans believe the party is "out of touch" and "too extreme."

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Why Obama Should Be Quiet on Immigration

By taking strong public positions, the president torpedoes his own priorities.

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Death of the Swing Seat

The numbers just don’t add up for the House to switch to Democratic control anytime soon.

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Huge Hispanic Support for Obama Was No Sure Thing

The president's reelection campaign had to ratchet up its efforts to woo the Latino vote.

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Pay No Attention To That Anemic Economy

A scaled-back gun-control bill has a chance of passing Congress, but lawmakers can’t forget about the economy.

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Wimping Out on Tough Votes

Senate Democrats and House Republicans both want to steer clear of difficult and potentially politically costly stances.

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For GOP, Just Doing the Math Is Frightening

The party's strength is older white voters. To win elections, it needs youth and minorities.

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Analysis: Next fiscal fight shifts focus to spending cuts

Now that the tax battle is over, Democrats will be in the hot seat.

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Congressional Republicans Are Striking Out

John Boehner and Co. have to recognize that their style of play isn’t going to win them many games.

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GOP Must Modernize Its Campaigning Now

Rehabilitation effort can start with a new campaign apparatus for 2016.

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History Favors a 2014 GOP Comeback

The midterm elections will prove interesting for Democrats.

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The One Pollster Republicans Should Listen To

Glen Bolger pointed out some of this election’s paradoxes recently.

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Senate Democrats Earned Every Seat They Won

A postmortem on how the two parties' campaign committees performed in this year’s House and Senate races.

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Advice to Obama: Make More Friends in Congress

If his second term is going to be better than his first, the president needs to get along with more lawmakers.

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Obama Can Thank Early Negative Ads for His Advantage

The president has a clearer path to victory than Mitt Romney.

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If Obama Loses, Blame the Debates

Independents now see Mitt Romney as a job creator. That wasn’t the case before the start of the debates.

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Possibility of a Popular, Electoral Vote Split is Real

Romney may well win the popular vote but lose the Electoral College.