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Republicans are hoping that Bob Menendez's sex scandal will make him the new...

The Daily Caller has released a sexy October surprise. It reports that two women from the Dominican Republic have claimed Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey paid them for sex at a resort called the...

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The Republicans' worst nightmare: losing Texas and becoming extinct. Could it...

Republican senator Ted Cruz thinks he knows how to prevent Texas being swamped by demographics. The Senate amendment he is proposing on immigration reform would deny all illegal immigrants access to...

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Why the US Republican Party will remain a disaster area after the shutdown

Last month, I had the chance to walk along the beautiful National Mall in Washington, DC. The serene stretch of parkland from the Lincoln Memorial to the National World War II Memorial is my favourite...

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Chris Christie: the noose is closing…

When the New Jersey "Bridgegate" scandal first broke, I wrote a post arguing that Chris Christie's presidential ambitions could be fatally damaged by this story of petty retribution in the Soprano...

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An Anglo-American mongrel's perspective on the Washington swamp

I’m something of a mongrel. I’m an American, but I grew up in the UK. And I’ve been indelibly shaped by my British upbringing. Sure, I love baseball, chicken wings and optimism. But I also love surreal...

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American unreason: why US politics is full of clever men being wilfully stupid

This week the National Journal carried a very neat example of the gulf between the moderate "country club" Republican elite and the more conservative blue-collar grassroots that tend to dominate GOP...

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Japanese robots and American school lunches: the problem with Obama haters

President Obama’s conservative critics come in two different forms. There are the policy critics: those who don’t like the President’s government. And then there are the personal critics: those who...

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If the GOP fails to pick up minority votes, Hillary Clinton will stroll into...

In baseball, the on-deck circle is the waiting area for the next-in-line batter. It’s here that the batter psyches himself up, analyses the opposing pitcher, and tries to perfect his swing. When a...

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Iraq and the growing foreign policy tensions within the GOP

Today’s American generals must be more than military strategists, they must be diplomats and politicos. They must defeat insurgents abroad and win the favor of sceptical politicians at home. An...

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Democrats and the magic word-carpet of Infrastructure

“Infrastructure”. The White House theme of the moment. President Obama wants more spending for more roads (and bridges) in more places. He's promised America another 'user friendly' website: this time...

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