John Judis makes the case in the post-election TNR that the country has been moving away from conservatism for years, and that 9/11 only interrupted that shift.

He offers a wealth of demographic data –  hello "Ideopolises" — but …

A group dedicated to pushing Sarah Palin into the 2012 presidential race was formed last week and is already emailing Iowa Republicans.

The "2012 Draft Sarah Committee" has a rudimentary website up showing the Alaska governor dishing out moose …

The senior senator from Arizona returns to the Capitol, where Republicans are mulling an expulsion resolution for Ted Stevens and awaiting the final results from Alaska to see if it’s even necessary:

John McCain, who had called for Stevens to …

My colleague Glenn Thrush makes a great point over in The Crypt on the Great Lieberman Compromise of 2008.

Some Democrats have sniped at Joe Lieberman for not grilling the Bush administration hard enough as head of the homeland security …

The AFL-CIO is going to play hard in the Georgia ahead of the December 2nd Senate run-off between Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin.

They’re dropping the above to about 80,000 union members there and moving staff from Washington …

One of the most fascinating and enduring traditions of American politics is coming to an end: the outsized role of Texans in Washington, D.C.

Ok, most Lone Star Staters would call it more "just-right sized" than "outsized."

But …

From the pool report:

Asked about the goal of the meeting, Mr. Obama said, “We’re going to have a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country, and also to offer thanks to Sen. …

Mike Huckabee is using his new book, out this week, to settle a few scores, not the least of which is with his fierce primary rival, Mitt Romney.

Per Michael Scherer, Huckabee picks up where he left off …

It’s a small thing, but when George Stephanopoulos this morning brought up Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign trail jokes about Obama’s underdeveloped physique, playing clips from an October rally in Ohio, the Governator was sure quick to note he had only been kidding:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you …

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, an early Romney backer and reluctant McCain supporter, speaks for many conservatives who dreaded nominating the Arizona senator in the first place.

What’s remarkable is how little of this there has been to date, …