How President Bush’s approach to race paved the way for Barack Obama.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/benign-neglect/

Business

Barack Obama is running for re-election, but please stop telling me we live in a “post-racial” America.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/no-such-place-as-post-racial-america/

Business

There is only one pole in American politics today, and its magnetic field is so powerful that it has drawn both parties in the same direction — rightward.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/americas-leftward-tilt/

Business

I worked for Republicans in the White House and the Senate, but when I talk about growing up extremely poor, politicians show no curiosity.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/what-do-i-know-about-poverty/

Business

What’s the quickest way to hit every county in Iowa?

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/the-problem-of-the-traveling-politician/

Business

Ann Romney's speech was most effective when it was confirming the impression that Mitt Romney is an unusual sort of throwback.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/the-case-for-noblesse-oblige/?smid=tw-share

Business

The president, whoever he is, will frequently disregard party principles. That's a good thing.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/the-man-or-the-platform/

Business

In case you hadn't noticed, we're in an unusual period of our political history.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/the-%E2%80%9980s-want-their-politics-back-%E2%80%93-the-1880s/

Politics

For many Kenyans, the 2012 presidential campaign has been a curious experience, to say the least.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/the-view-from-nairobi/

Business

The president should look to Woodrow Wilson more than Franklin Roosevelt as a model for his re-election campaign. Seriously.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/obama-and-the-new-freedom/

Politics

Republicans triumphed in the mid-term election with help from a surge of white voters. Will doubling down on the same strategy work in 2012?

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/the-white-party/

Business

The 21st century version of class conflict sets the stage for an exceptionally bitter face-off between the left and the right in Congress.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/is-rush-limbaughs-country-gone/?smid=tw-share

Business

The 21st century version of class conflict sets the stage for an exceptionally bitter face-off between the left and the right in Congress.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/is-rush-limbaughs-country-gone/

Business

The new winning formula: very expensive voter research.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/beware-the-smart-campaign/

Business

Congress needs to act to protect minority voting rights.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/disenfranchise-no-more/

Business

Enough with the condescension. Take our liberalism seriously.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/a-new-southern-strategy/

Business

President Obama and Mitt Romney will be tempted to use the themes that their pollsters have found effective, whether they are true or false.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/ordinary-lies-damn-lies-and-the-debates/?smid=tw-share

Business

The central question in the constitutional debate on the Voting Rights Act is whether times have changed enough to make the law obsolete.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/is-the-voting-rights-act-doomed/

Business

The very groups who made the difference in President Obama's re-election are among the fastest adopters of social and mobile media. Can Republicans catch up?

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/social-and-anti-social-media/?smid=tw-share

Business

What Republicans should learn from the Obama campaign. Hint: it's not all about the Latino vote.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/notes-for-next-time/

Business