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JEB BUSH

In the 15 states that are likely to decide who controls the White House and the Senate in 2013, Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory.

Is Our Economy Healing?

PAUL KRUGMAN

How goes the state of the union? Well, the state of the economy remains terrible. Three years after President Obama's inauguration and two and a half years since the official end of the recession, unemployment remains painfully high.

Scrutinize President Obama's Record

PATRICK PEXTON

When President Obama has a bad day, or more specifically, on days when the economic news has been bad, I get a slew of feedback from conservative readers that go like this:

Obama Should Go Big, Bold for State of Union

BLOOMBERG

JONATHAN ALTER

The news media won't learn what's in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address until a few hours before he delivers it Tuesday night.

The American Dream Is Still Alive

TIM ROEMER

The writer, a former U.S. representative from Indiana who served on the Sept. 11 Commission, is a senior vice president at APCO Worldwide.

Romney: Bush 41 Redux

MAUREEN DOWD

Watching Mitt Romney in the Myrtle Beach debate gave me acid flashbacks to Poppy Bush.

The Dream That Came True

REAL CLEAR POLITICS

EUGENE ROBINSON

He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being made over his birthday. At 83, he'd likely still have his wits and his voice. Surely, if he were able, he would continue to preach, and to pray -- and to dream.

MLK, Economic Equality & the 2012 Election

FORBES

JOEL KOTKIN

In the last years of his life Dr. Martin Luther King expanded his focus from political and civil rights to include economic justice.

America Isn't a Corporation

PAUL KRUGMAN

"And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A."

Mitt Romney: A Perfect Doll

MAUREEN DOWD

As chief executive of Bain Capital, Mitt Romney was all about cold analysis and hot profits.

POLITICO

ROGER SIMON

So it has come to this: Seven days since it began, it is essentially over.

Obama's Executive Overreach Is a Mistake

MICHAEL MCCONNELL

It's a mistake to excuse Obama's disregard for the Constitution. Precedents set now will be exploited by the next administration.

Obama-Clinton Is the Ticket

BILL KELLER

The beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions, and Hillary Clinton's admirers are already busily, lovingly resolving on her behalf.

Is the Tea Party Movement Over?

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

DOYLE MCMANUS

Not exactly. The tea party has changed the political landscape in ways that are likely to last for a while. But its least favorite candidate, Mitt Romney, just came up big in Iowa.

DANIEL HENNINGER

The divider of the Republican party is its front-runner, Mitt Romney.

Will Obama Steal the Election?

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

JEFFREY T. KUHNER

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. claims Jim Crow is returning. In a recent speech, Mr. Holder said that attempts by states to pass voter identification laws will disenfranchise minorities, rolling back the clock to the evil days of segregation.

Good Riddance to Ben Nelson

THE NATION

JAMELLE BOUIE

The Senate might hail itself as the "world's greatest deliberative body," but like all democratic institutions, it has had an incredibly mixed history, with moments of genuine achievement--the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for instance--tarnished by moments of cowardice and moral failure, like the Iraq War.

Let's Follow Reagan's Recipe for Success

NEWT GINGRICH

Tax reforms to maximize economic growth, a sound dollar, and smarter regulations will touch off another historic boom.

The Tragedy of Obama's Presidency

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

MILTON WOLF

There's something profoundly tragic about the failed presidency of Barack Obama. He was supposed to be a new kind of president, a man who embodied hope and would transcend petty politics and even race.

Start Saving or Get Ready for U.S. Decline

BLOOMBERG

LAURENCE J. KOTLIKOFF

America has a terrible saving problem and a slumping economy. But our national mantra, underscored by last week's payroll-tax cut, is spend, spend, spend.

A Country in Denial About Its Fiscal Future

NEWSWEEK

ROBERT SAMUELSON

There are moments when our political system, whose essential job is to mediate conflicts in broadly acceptable and desirable ways, is simply not up to the task.

GERALD F. SEIB

President Barack Obama, who made history in 2008 by becoming the first African-American elected president, would like to notch another historic achievement next year.

Joy to the Troops