AEI's Election Watch series returns in 2012 for its sixteenth season, bringing together AEI's nationally renowned team of political analysts.

The Republican presidential debate Thursday night sponsored by Fox News and Google gave primary voters and caucusgoers at least one good reason to reject every candidate on the stage. The interesting question now is whether someone else will enter the race.

Fred Thompson couldvery wellascend to the top tier of the GOP's presidential candidates, but it will not be easy.

There are 24 people who are beneficiaries of nontrivial presidential buzz, but only five are likely to emerge as true candidates.

What do conservatives have to look forward to in 2007?

RepublicanPartyprospects in the 2008 Senate races have gone from dim to dismal.

November 2006 is still a long way off, but if early signs are any indication we will not see a major shift in either direction in the Senate.

Who the presidential nominees will be in 2008 is anyone's guess.