Management
The Gun-Control Rift Exposed by Obama
Voter bases at odds on guns are likely to see their parties ramp up rhetoric on the issue in 2016.
Oversight
Americans Remain Split Over Obama
Views of the president are tightly correlated with voters' assessments of their own financial prospects.
Oversight
Obama's Recent Bold Actions Shape the Contest for 2016
The verdict on Obama unbound will pivot on whether his initiatives improve or diminish the chances of a Democrat succeeding him in 2016.
Management
Amid Stagnant Incomes, Work and Family Are Increasingly at Odds
In the current economy, Americans find they have to choose between succeeding at work or spending time with family.
Oversight
Obama's Immigration Choices Will Define the Fate of Both Parties
Republican presidential contenders could face a difficult choice between infuriating primary voters and permanently alienating Hispanic voters.
Management
Why It's Increasingly Difficult for Anyone to Be President of the Entire United States
Structural forces are making it hard for any leader to function as more than 'the president of half of America.'
Oversight
Why Democrats Are So Confident
Republicans are trending against a growing cultural majority, while Democrats are in tune with it.
Management
Here's How Obama Can Go It Alone
The biggest problems can't be solved with simple, unilateral solutions. But that doesn't mean he's powerless.
Oversight
Why the Senate Will Only Get More Polarized
As party-line voting between presidential and congressional races steadily increases, so will gridlock.
Management
As America Celebrates Its Creation, Our Common Ground Is Disappearing
Even on a day set aside to celebrate the nation's unity, confrontation and separation are increasingly the norm.
Management
How USAID Is Making a Bigger Difference With Less Money
By coordinating and deepening cash flows from outside donors, the agency is magnifying its impact.
Oversight
Analysis: How the White House Scandals Could Hurt Republicans, Too
The IRS and Benghazi affairs threaten the GOP's shot at the presidency.
Management
How Washington Ruined Governors
State capitals increasingly imitate the national parties.
Defense
Public favors gays in military, not weddings
Half of Americans back House-passed legislation to bar same-sex weddings on military bases.
Oversight
GOP's managerial wing picks its man -- Romney
Newt Gingrich's ringing declarations to shutter federal departments may not be enough to help him overtake the Republican front-runner in South Carolina.
News
Bill Clinton urges Obama not to 'blink' in debt deal talks
If GOP won't raise revenue for debt ceiling deal, the former president says, Obama should pursue a short-term agreement.
Oversight
Ryan 'relatively optimistic' about debt-ceiling agreement before August
Plan will likely establish a process to reduce national deficit, he says.
Oversight
One for the Books
The last Congress will enter the history books for the magnitude of both its political losses and its legislative victories.
Oversight
Disenchanted Dems
The president's grades have fallen, in some cases faster, among groups that supported him in 2008.
Oversight
Collapse In Confidence
The deep alienation Americans feel toward their public and private leadership isn't likely to go away when the economy improves.
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