Charlie Cook is Editor and Publisher of The Cook Political Report, and political analyst for National Journal, where he writes two weekly columns . He also writes a regular column for Washin...
Don’t just chalk up Richard Lugar’s primary defeat to the tea party. The sin of being too focused on issues beyond the borders of Indiana caught up with him.
Public volatility isn’t likely to change before Election Day. That’s because voters are still focused on the economy, and the signals about its strength are mixed.
Republican voters seemed to have three different job requirements in mind as they checked out the presidential contenders. Each prerequisite pointed toward a different candidate.
A new species of Republican voter values passion over pragmatism and falls in and out of love faster than a seventh-grader. That's not good news for GOP incumbents in the House.
The GOP is making life easy for Obama. The way they are going about nominating a presidential candidate makes you wonder whether they even want to win.