Only in the Republican Party would Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan be considered...

Wisconsin historically has been a purple state with very close elections. Sometimes Democrats...

Seeking applause from a right-wing audience in Michigan, Mitt Romney vowed: "I will cut spending...

With Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right (Metropolitan), Thomas Frank continues his corrosive critique of right-wing ascendance in American politics. In What's the Matter With Kansas?

Watching the Republican presidential candidates and their agitated...

As America lurches toward new and unfamiliar status as a nation that defaults on its debts, commentators around the world are wondering how the democratic government that was once the most admired in the world...

The urge to punish politicians is understandable no matter who is in power, because they inevitably disappoint the fond hopes...

For Americans still suffering from persistent unemployment, falling incomes and rising inequality, politicians of either party probably...

While we don’t yet know the full extent of tea party involvement in this year’s races, we do know the tea party coalition in Wisconsin is evaluating candidates—mostly Republican candidates—for office. Having the tea party movement’s blessing may help a candidate during a Republican...

Most of the media hype about the Tea Party influence on Republican politics in Wisconsin and across the country paints it as some kind of exciting, new phenomenon. Actually, many of the Tea Party candidates, including businessman Ron Johnson, the newly anointed Republican unknown running against Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, are strongly libertarian...