Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.

The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.

Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.

A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.

Perhaps we should wait until his second term begins before carving Barack Obama's face in Mount Rushmore. Is that asking too much?