The media's obsession with personality clashes in the West Wing does not change this essential truth: Obama needs his Chief of Staff now more than ever

Beltway writer Martin Parlett ponders whether youth disenfranchisment could become viral

He is tipped as a rising star, and nearly became Barack Obama's Vice Presidential pick. So why has Evan Bayh decided to retire from the Senate?

Sarah Palin is badly advised. Her growing alignment with the Tea Party movement is bad for her, for the Republicans, and for efficient national government.

Quite by mistake, the White House may have just found a new winning strategy

Beltway blogger Martin Parlett takes a closer look at Scott Brown's Republican win in Massachusetts

Governing has proved harder than campaigning: the President is in danger of losing the public.

The administration's response to the incident on Christmas Day has been refreshingly calm and measured

President Obama's new policy looks politically inexpedient.

One small step for Congress as health care legislation bill passes 220-215 - with the help of one 'freestyling' Republican.

Beltway is back and ready for year two of the Obama presidency.

A first read on his speech "to the Muslim world”

Choosing a highly-experienced Hispanic woman with a compelling personal story was virtuoso politics.

What happens these next few months could well shape how Obama is remembered.

The Republican Party is lost, scurrying in the wrong direction. It must change itself.

Obama was right to assert his authority. He had a simple message for Detroit: change, or I will let you die.

A longer post, since this is the vac: It is wrong for AIG, given its situation, to be paying out such large bonuses. But stoking the fires of popular dissatisfaction has served only to distract us from the bigger questions.

The old wisdom -- don't give your more extreme critics the oxygen of publicity -- has been dispensed with in this White House.

Why Judd Gregg is in the wrong and has lost all credibility.

The President has lost a valuable leader in Tom Daschle. Now he must sell the stimulus to the masses.