Politics

Mitt Romney's campaign for the Republican nomination is unfolding like a well-crafted business plan. He hit his numbers in New Hampshire last night, saw his most dangerous rivals tumble, and reinforced the aura of inevitability that surrounds his candidacy.

Now, as the super committee spars over dueling Democratic and Republican plans for meeting the target, Republicans are on the hot seat.

What we've witnessed in Libya, in fact, could be a new model for collective security in which the United States no longer bears a disproportionate share of the risks and costs of intervention. Unfortunately, the new model probably isn't applicable to Syria.

Why are Palestinians devoting their diplomatic energies to scoring purely symbolic points at Turtle Bay?

Liberals are right to draw attention to the hardships the jobless recovery imposes on our most vulnerable families. But they are wrong to assume that welfare's cash payments are somehow still central to America's efforts to fight poverty, relieve social distress or shorten recessions.

Even if Eric Cantor were abducted by aliens, there's no way Congress could pass the Gang's plan to solve the debt crisis before Aug. 2. But the Gang's resurgence adds to mounting public pressure on House Republicans to end their self-isolating intransigence on taxes.

President Obama is taking heat for announcing troop withdrawals last night without clarifying U.S. war aims in Afghanistan. Yet his basic strategy couldn't be clearer. It is to depart Afghanistan gradually -- a fighting withdrawal.

A big national push to build modern infrastructure will ensure America's return to being an engine of production. That's why Congress needs to make room for a National Infrastructure Bank to rebuild America.

Americans have been thrilled and inspired by the Arab Spring. But now a practical question looms: Just how far are we prepared to go to help these rebellions succeed?

House Speaker John Boehner has been trying to talk sense to his vast freshman class, but they are in no mood for compromise.

The political finger-pointing that has followed the Tucson shooting has been revolting. It's not too early to start grappling with some of the pertinent questions this tragedy actually raises.

The punditocracy apparently cannot resist the tendency to personalize political trends and developments. It has turned the midterm election into a political melodrama starring Barack...