Opinion Columns
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Romney: Still dominating the debateOct 10, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney’s debate message has become his campaign strategy. In Denver, he was a bipartisan dealmaker, concerned about the lives of real people, especially when they i...
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Hearing an echo on foreign policyOct 10, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney claims to disagree with President Obama on many aspects of foreign policy. We’re still waiting to hear what those differences might be. I wasn’t surprised t...
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Mitt’s master act not beloved by allOct 09, 2012 5:00 am - It can’t be by accident that Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs made the Sunday talk-show rounds using the word “masterful” to describe Mitt Romney’s performance at the...
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KO’d in DenverOct 08, 2012 5:00 am - Contrary to conventional wisdom that debates are rarely, if ever, game-changers, the first presidential debate was a demolition derby. And no amount of post-debate fact...
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The curse of incumbencyOct 08, 2012 5:00 am - Walter Mondale won his first debate against Ronald Reagan in 1980. John Kerry won his first debate against George W. Bush. Mitt Romney won his first debate against Barac...
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Romney’s trifectaOct 07, 2012 5:00 am - The presidential campaign, hitherto a plod through a torrent of words tedious beyond words, began to dance in Denver. There a masterfully prepared Mitt Romney completed ...
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At the House of Kennedy, Arnold shrugsOct 05, 2012 5:00 am - Leslie Stahl’s face evinces shock as Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about cheating on his wife, Maria Kennedy Shriver, on a CBS “60 Minutes” interview. The former bodybuild...
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Giving Romney an openingOct 04, 2012 1:29 pm - DENVER — I would be careful about declaring the presidential contest “a whole new race” following Wednesday’s debate. Polls show that most voters have made up their mind...
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Going for exceptionalOct 04, 2012 12:23 pm - One large, strategic question at the center of the presidential race: In order to beat President Obama, does Mitt Romney need to be an exceptional candidate or merely an...
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Polls don’t voteOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - “Polls don’t vote. People vote.” That’s what Vice President Walter Mondale used to say at every stop in the closing days of the campaign. The only problem, of course, i...