America's version of capitalism has been much more dynamic than Europe's. Why don't Obama and Romney debate that?

Obama likes to execute long-range strategies but suffers from cognitive dissonance when new facts render them inappropriate.

As the presidential race approaches its fall phase, intensified by excitement over vice presidential selections and upcoming party conventions, the media are focusing on the horse race and honing in on missteps—public and private—by both candidates. What substantive coverage there is tends to look at the fine details of the...

As the presidential race approaches its fall phase, intensified by excitement over vice presidential selections and upcoming party conventions, the media are focusing on the horse race and honing in on missteps—public and private—by both candidates. What substantive coverage there is tends to look at the fine details of the...

Obama's campaign has more of the marks of executive experience than his status as a relatively junior senator suggests.

In "It’s Even Worse Than It Looks," congressional scholars Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norman Ornstein of AEI identify two overriding problems that have led Congress — and the United States — to the brink of institutional collapse. Mann and Ornstein call on the media as well as the public at large to focus on the true causes of dysfunction.

View the transcript, summary, or video for the "How Would George W. Govern?" session.

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As the presidential race tightens and Election Day draws near, now more...

Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann question a panel of associates who have worked closely with President Bush, including presidential experts and reporters who have covered his presidency. How would Bush govern if elected to a second term? Would his foreign policy change? What are his chances at...