Thomas Jefferson, a gentleman farmer, disliked the hustle and bustle of the big cities, distrusted the moneyed interests and New York financiers, and favored the revolutionary spirit of France. Alexander Hamilton, a New Yorker through and through, saw debt as …

In the final months of his presidency, George W. Bush has finally found a bailout he doesn’t like. Either that or bailout fatigue is finally setting in on the American body politic and being felt even at the top….

As President-elect Barack Obama considers moving his agenda in a new atmosphere of bipartisanship, it is useful to reflect on the role weekly party caucus luncheons have played in the modern party-driven Senate, the institution that threatens Obama’s agenda with …

With Inauguration Day approaching as the U.S. economy recedes, comparisons are being drawn between the current transition in presidential power and the one in 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression.

When he takes office on Jan. 20, …

It’s time to throw away red, blue and purple, left and right, and get to the real, traditional crux of American politics: the battle for resources among the country’s many diverse regions. How President-elect Barack Obama balances these divergent geographic …

With the Bush administration ending and the Obama administration beginning, it is worth pondering John McCain’s gracious concession speech, giving due consideration to the ways in which the political opposition behaved during the tenures of our last two presidents. …

Now that the election is over, the talk in Washington has shifted to a possible lame-duck session of Congress and the urgent need to revitalize our economy. Democrats have argued for investing in our crumbling infrastructure and providing relief to …

President-elect Barack Obama must now make a strategic pivot — a rapid and complicated transition from campaigning to governing. It’s not an easy move. Perhaps the biggest challenge involves the nuances of sharing power with Congress.

In campaigns, …

They would appear as if by magic at the side doors and loading dock entrances of the presidential and vice presidential candidates’ hotels, asking, “Is Sarah staying here?” For security reasons, no one was supposed to confirm or deny that …

This week in Miami, the Republican Governors’ Association convenes its annual meeting — a gathering that is both post-mortem for 2008 and prenatum for 2012. Traditionally, when a party’s Washington wing fails to win the election, its governors swoop in, …