Why the New Hampshire primary could surprise us

The lack of immediate voting results led journalists and candidates to feed needless narratives about corruption and incompetence.

The Minnesota senator may be peaking at just the right moment.

As the Iowa caucus looms, this rogue Republican contingent is learning that the Democratic primary doesn't exist to serve its exclusive needs.

A rogues' gallery of influence-peddlers and insider power brokers will run the party's powerful convention committees.

No matter how much his record has been covered by the media and his ideas attacked, his opponents persist in claiming he has escaped scrutiny.

The former vice president is drawing tiny, unenthused crowds in Iowa. So why is he still one of the front-runners?

Voters can have a little certainty about what the party stands for, as a treat.

Calling for emissions-related sanctions is a far cry from Obama-era policies.

A great nation deserves a raucous and argumentative primary, not a fake demonstration of unity.

Why the candidates, wisely, refused to go for the jugular in the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses

Joe Biden wants to be a normal president in a highly abnormal age.

Thursday's debate featured few gotcha moments and many familiar shticks.

For months, the Democratic presidential field has seemed to relish expanding the universe of policy possibility, but that energy stalled in Thursday night's debate.

How the don't-blame-me Democratic chair mucked up the debates

The Minnesota senator is pitching herself as a more electable, funnier alternative to the other moderates in the race.

We've taken the former vice president's boldest, newest idea and streamlined it for McKinsey-level efficiency.

The former Democratic nominee should know better than anyone that Republicans are beyond redemption. And yet.

Democrats say they want to rebuild it, but do they even know what it is?

Democrats seem to agree that Trump should be brought to justice. Whether they agree on the precise nature of that justice is an open question.