Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses?

Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is happening and what may happen.

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.

Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both.

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.