The 2016 US Presidential Election
Trump's minority and gender problem: Courting black women
Pundits and scholars alike have decried Trump's failure to court ethnic and racial minorities as well as women. The presumed Republican presidential nominee has a tremendous women…
Trump is not like Reagan (except when Reagan was wrong)
In August two men who knew President Ronald Reagan well posted a piece on RealClearPolitics headlined 'Trump is no Reagan'. Since his campaign began, Trump has claimed the Reagan…
Quick comment: Michael Fullilove on the US election
Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove remembers the 2008 US presidential election campaign, when he was living in Washington, as a time of hope and promise. This…
GOP unites, Dems looking shaky
So, with less than two months to go until the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees are crowned at their respective party conventions, the GOP is uniting around its…
Elizabeth Warren: Be still those beating hearts
Nothing like a good Twitter war to attract attention. For most of this year Senator Elizabeth Warren has been taking pot shots at Donald Trump. Since he became the presumptive…
Donald Trump's reality-show campaign
Given how often we're now hearing about the parallels between Donald Trump's campaign and reality television (even President Obama is discussing it), it's worth highlighting this…
Note to the Republican foreign-policy elite: Swallow your pride and rally around Trump
Two months ago over 120 of the most accomplished Republican foreign policy experts signed an open letter penned by Professor Eliot Cohen. It was an unfiltered…
Is Sanders' race just about done?
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both the most strongly disliked presidential candidates for decades, according to this analysis by fivethirtyeight.com. It helps to explain…
Fallows on Trump: America hits peak crazy
Those wondering how Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican party presidential nominee should have a look at this video, and listen to the short comment below. In a case…
What's funny and what's not in this election campaign
With the outcome of this week's primary in Indiana generally expected to be a key indicator in the GOP nomination (The Hill suggests a win for Donald Trump would put him on 'a…