All Politics Voices

Politics is getting more hyperbolic, more insult-driven, and more eager to gobble up terms from pop culture.

Ohio voters rejected a measure to legalize marijuana use. US House members vote in ways that appear to be influenced by how their constituents voted on such ballot measures. 

Veterans Day is a holiday to remember the service of our veterans. It also should be a day to remember how and why wars happen in the first place. 

Relegated to the kiddie table in the next GOP presidential debate, the New Jersey governor is investing heavily in visits to the Granite State. He's been there more than any other candidate to date. 

Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee were bumped from a prime-time podium. But reducing the main stage to eight candidates should allow reporters to get detailed responses from candidates that did make the cut.

Donald Trump set off a firestorm when he blamed illegal immigrants for committing a disproportionate share of rapes in the US. But he once proposed buying Mike Tyson out of a jail sentence for rape. 

There is plenty of evidence from Tuesday’s election that, especially in off-year elections, liberals are completely out of step with much of the country.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s fall off the cliff is almost as interesting as Carson’s meteoric rise, then fade.

American and Russian 'citizen diplomats,' meeting near Washington, concluded it was time for a Millennial dialogue. A top US foreign policy official is all for it. 

Campaigns occasionally get compared to religious movements, so it’s not surprising to see the term 'amen corner' in greater use. 

Rather than the traditional Yankee flinty skepticism for which Granite State voters are renowned, the overflow crowd at Bernie Sanders's campaign event acted like they were attending a giant pep rally.

John Boehner's years in the wilderness did not go to waste. He learned to be a legislator par excellence.

Marco Rubio did very well. He was ready for an attack by Jeb Bush and he completely schooled his former mentor. But that's no reason to run Bush out of the race.

Trump's candidacy was fueled by a news media that found his controversial, over-the-top rhetoric impossible to ignore. That still may be the case. 

It's still early to try to handicap this horse race. Just ask 2011 front-runners Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich.

The Benghazi hearings are only the latest and perhaps not the best example of this bid to put the one-time first lady into the Oval Office.

But one politician’s common sense is another’s nonsense. 

By allowing the Republican conference to vote their 'conscience' on big bills, members of the Republican majority stopped acting like a majority. 

The House is due for an update. It can’t keep working like it once did.

Martin O'Malley is willing to acknowledge that to make any headway requires compromise. That may be why he's having trouble getting traction in the polls.