US politics
Ron Paul now favourite to win in Iowa
Hardly anyone would’ve predicted it just a few weeks ago, but libertarian congressman Ron Paul now looks most likely to…
Romney stretches his lead in endorsements
He may be trailing Newt Gingrich in the national polls, but there’s one metric by which Mitt Romney is dominating…
Romney’s $10,000 mistake
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player This was, by some margin, the most talked about moment of Saturday night’s Republican debate.…
Four weeks to Iowa, and Newt’s looking strong
It’s less than a month until the Iowa caucuses, the first big vote of the presidential primaries. It could finish…
Cain quits, Newt benefits?
Herman Cain has just ‘suspended‘ his campaign for the Republican nomination; the allegations about his private life have become too…
From the archives: The Great Communicator stumbles
It’s been 25 years since the Iran-Contra affair – the scandal about the US government selling arms to Iran and…
‘What’s that line again?’
When Rick Perry made that horrible gaffe in a Republican debate last month, you might have expected to see it…
Republicans use Obama’s own words against him
Mitt Romney, the clear favourite to win the Republican presidential nomination, has released the first television ad of his 2012…
Gingrich to the fore
Yesterday saw three national polls and three different leaders in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Politico’s Battleground poll…
Perry: ‘Just goes to show there are too damn many federal agencies’
Rick Perry’s doing his best to turn his excurciating “oops” moment last night to his advantage. Alex said it was…
Slick Rick
Rick Perry has proved again that, despite the herculean efforts of Herman Cain, he is still the most gaffe-prone politician…
Democrats’ strong results bolster Obama’s hopes
Things haven’t been looking particularly good for the Obama 2012 campaign of late. Half the country disapproves of his performance…
The trouble with e-petitions
Is the truth out there? This week, the US government has insisted it has ‘no evidence’ that extra-terrestrial life forms…
A collision course with Iran?
Are we on the verge of war with Iran? The Guardian’s frontpage today suggests we might well be. Here’s a…
The Gingrich revival
Just a few months ago, Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign looked like it was in itsdeath throes. His poll ratings were…
Cain accused
We’ve been following Herman Cain since the start of the Republican nomination race, and seen him rise to prominence in…
American isolationism and its consequences
I’ve spent the last couple of days in the United States, far away from the brouhaha in Europe. What has…
All aboard the Herman Cain train
Herman Cain – the former CEO of Godfather’s pizza – has gone from virtual unknown to frontrunner in a matter…
The American Milibands
If you thought the Labour leadership election last year was tough on the Milbands’ mother, spare a thought for the…
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