The Curse of the Bambino that fell upon the Boston Red Sox when they sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankeeswas lifted in 2004. But maybe it just moved to another Massachusetts team. Maybe Mitt Romney and his campaign are now under...

What happens in an election when two candidates who are unelectable run against each other in the fall? We are about to test that proposition. 

As we get ready to hear President Obama’s third State of the Union address and all the discussion and analysis that will go along with it, let’s try to understand where the citizens of America are at this moment and ...

I often have written of many myths and fictions that get adopted in politics and the discussion of campaigns. Another one has recently developed, and it has to do with impact of television ads and specific state campaign activitie...

An increasing number of voices in the media and political classes are crowning Mitt Romney as the inevitable Republican nominee. As I wrote in my column earlier this week, although I believe that he has best odds today of winning...

 Given that the NFL playoffs begin this weekend and college basketball is heading into   the fun of March playoff brackets, this seems like an appropriate time to take a look at the sport of running for president.

Many times we each get caught up in stories and we keep repeating them, even though they no longer apply to the current reality. We ignore facts along the way that give us opposing evidence because it just seems easier and more co...

Last night, watching Denver quarterback Tim Tebow’s post-game press appearance and President Obama’s interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, I was struck by the fact that one man is offering his team (and the country actuall...

Trying to get a handle on the wild and seemingly unpredictable ride of the Republican nomination process seems a bit of an impossible task. With the rise and fall of many candidates, the fall and rise of one candidate ...

So the new Des Moines Register Poll is out concerning the Republican Caucus set for Jan. 3 and, as many of us suspected, Newt Gingrich has both the momentum and a significant lead, while Mitt Romney has fallen to third.

Debates still matter, but many media outlets are still trying to force the process through an outdated political model by either limiting time for candidates they don’t deem worthy or completely excluding others.

Does the truth really matter any more in our republic?  Is the search for truth just another martyr on the battlefield of the today's polarized political discourse?  The latest news about the allegations of sexual harass...

Halloween is one of the few holidays that celebrates breaking rules. The GOP presidential candidates would be wise to do just that.

Presidential campaigns are fundamentally not about issues; they are about gut values and impressions voters have of the man or woman running for the highest office. Policy points and positions and discussion on issues are merely i...

As the Republican candidates for president go from one debate in New Hampshire to another in Las Vegas, and along the way continue to bash President Obama’s health care reform, it’s a good time to do a candidate health diagnos...