Tag: Michael Barone

Beltway Confidential

Scotland issue could decide British election

Michael Barone · May 3, 2015 11:08 pm

The argument that the Clintons have always faced scandal charges is intended to shore up her support. But it may have the opposite effect. (AP Photo)

Clinton defenders advance an unpersuasive argument

Michael Barone · April 30, 2015 9:00 am

All these recent bipartisan agreements have been reached with little or no involvement by President Obama. They were forged by knowledgeable members of Congress skillful at bridging differences with colleagues across the aisle.

Bipartisanship is busting out all over

Michael Barone · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

Passengers board a bus outside the MBTA subway stop in Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Beltway Confidential

Why fixed-rail mass transit is a niche transportation mode

Michael Barone · April 25, 2015 9:01 pm

Wasserman Shultz tweeted in reply to Sen. Paul, "I support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved. Period. End of story." (AP File Photo)

Rand Paul is right to demand reporters ask Democrats about late-term abortions

Michael Barone · April 22, 2015 10:00 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton tours a lab with student Travis Lemieux, left, during a campaign stop at New Hampshire Technical Institute, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton moves leftward on trade and entitlements, to block primary opposition

Michael Barone · April 21, 2015 8:15 pm

Was 2007 a flexion point, when everything started going downhill?

Michael Barone · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, visits with local residents at The Tremont, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo)Â

Hillary Clinton: out of sync with the times

Michael Barone · April 15, 2015 11:28 pm

The Republican race is a very fluid oneÂ that is creating an opportunity for candidates to offer new ideas and expand the electorate. (AP Photo)Â

A very fluid race for the Republican nomination

Michael Barone · April 13, 2015 9:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Rahm Emanuel re-elected; Is he mayor for life?

Michael Barone · April 9, 2015 10:18 pm

Obama deal with Iran in trouble

Michael Barone · April 8, 2015 11:17 pm

The evidence is overwhelming that Harvard and other elite schools are imposing quotas on Asians just as they imposed quotas on Jews from the 1920s to the 1950s. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

A good idea that’s going nowhere

Michael Barone · April 6, 2015 8:24 pm