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U.S. House of Representatives Democratic candidate for the state of South Carolina Elizabeth Colbert Busch, during a debate against Republican candidate for the open Congressional seat of South Carolina, Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, at the Citadel on April 29, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

What went wrong in South Carolina

The "comeback kid" Mark Sanford is now Rep-elect Sanford after beating Elizabeth Colbert Busch 54% to 45%. Read More

A portrait of George Washington, first President of the United States serving from 1789 to 1797. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

For nearly 150 years, we had no formal budget–and we did fine. Now?

President Washington and his successors for the next century won wars, expanded westward, ended slavery. Now we have a "budget process"--and it's been downhill ever since. Read More

Jean Robert Soutien displays on his forehead the sticker he received after voting during the U.S. presidential election in North Miami Beach, Florida November 6, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Innerarity/REUTERS)

Voting rights, the Supreme Court, and Obama’s most important legacy

Justice Scalia's comment about "racial entitlement" should scare every American regardless of race or ethnicity. Elections have consequences--and no part of Obama's legacy will be more consequential than his ability to shape the Supreme Court. Read More

President Barack Obama hosts a reception for Elena Kagan in the East Room of the White House after the U.S. Senate voted in favor of her being a Supreme Court Associate Justice in Washington, August 6, 2010. (Photo: Larry Downing/Reuters)

Supreme Court could prove Obama’s most important legacy yet

In his second term, President Obama may be given the opportunity to make new appointments to the Supreme Court, turning a 5-4 conservative majority into a 5-4 liberal to moderate majority. Read More

Romney’s constant flip-flopping was debate’s indelible image

Tonight's debate was clearly won by the President of the United States. Obama had an unabashed mastery of the points he wanted to make and he made them forcefully. Governor Romney was also holding back; the look on his face was "pained." Read More

The final debate in two parts

The final debate for the 2012 presidential election will focus on foreign policy, a policy arena former Governor Romney has little experience in yet one in which President Obama after almost four years has plenty. Read More

How’d Obama do: Part deux

"Binders full of women": Ten years from tonight, when we are playing the historical gaffes of debates, this will be included. It was insensitive, it was callous, it was a turn-off to those very same women I speak of above. It was certainly offensive to me. Read More

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How’d Obama do: A column in two parts

Tonight, President Obama has to have a gut check moment, reach into the very core of his being, and tell women what he's going to do for the next four years. Read More