Comentario: Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D. Un nuevo romance político empieza a entretejerse en la política norteamericana. No es la relación amorosa entre el político y la estudiante universitaria, ni mucho menos es un escándalo sexual que endulza las cámaras de los paparazzis y el micrófono de los chismosos de la televisión y la radio. Es más bien un [...]

In Politico today, Ken Vogel has a very interesting and worthwhile article about the emerging internal conflicts—both philosophical and personal—within the Tea Party movement.

What's Your Reaction? With the State Dinner quickly approaching, it's time for Washingtonistas to choose their White House-worthy wardrobes. Politico talked to Inga Guen, owner of DC's couture resale boutique Once is Not Enough, about the event that she compared to "the red carpet at the Oscars."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved closer to clinching the 60 votes needed to clear a critical test for health reform Friday – picking up a confirmed yes from one moderate Democrat and bullish signs from another on the eve of Saturday’s vote.

Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter was on MSNBC last night discussing the free health clinic in Little Rock this coming Saturday. The Arkansas politico types are all a buzz if he will be soon jumping in the race for U.S. Senate. Some say he will get in if Sen. Blanche Lincoln votes against the health [...]

Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking.

To my shock and dismay, I read last summer on Politico.com that a health policy activist had hanged in effigy freshman Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil of Maryland's Eastern Shore. The episode brought to mind gruesome stories about the lynching of blacks in the Salisbury area during the 1930s.

The health care debate has sucked so much oxygen out of the Capitol's chambers that it's been easy to miss another simmering story: Democratic fears about the economy.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- POLITICO recently published an editorial by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Senior Vice President Ken Johnson. In the editorial, Johnson makes the case for health reform and reaffirm's PhRMA's commitment to supporting this historic effort.

Alaska is close enough to Russia. Right? And honestly, who needs to read articles, newspapers or magazines written by scholars and reporters in their field to become knowledgeable? Sarah Palin doesn't. But being unknowledgeable about the world around her is just part of Palin's maverick personality.