Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.

We're living in an era of unprecedented change, and I want to be a part of documenting it.

The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization?

Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children.

If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel.