Marc Ambinder's Slant

Since it's too early to tell what Egypt will become, it's too early for President Obama's supporters to gloat or for his detractors to assign credit for the Egyptian revolution to former President George W. Bush. The hard truth Obama must now grapple with, and must then communicate to the American .. submitted 05/22/12

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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for?National Journal?and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. submitted 05/22/12

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President Obama will unveil a blueprint for competitiveness in his third State of the Union address on Tuesday, beginning a two-year battle with Republicans over what mix of policies will best catalyze job growth. His reelection is two years away, and this speech--arguably the most important one he' .. submitted 05/22/12

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President Obama's reelection campaign has kicked off: Virtually all White House political functions will be transferred to the Democratic National Committee and to the campaign itself, which will be run by Jim Messina, the president's deputy chief of staff, and operate out of an as-yet-to-be-determi .. submitted 05/22/12

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The apoplexy of loud liberals probably won't be enough to spur a credible primary challenge to President Obama. That's because Obama enjoys extremely high approval ratings among African Americans, who are not likely to desert him for anyone else, because the White House and the Democratic National C .. submitted 05/22/12

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In an election cycle where so many Democrats are running away from President Obama, Ohio's Democratic Governor Ted Strickland has unflinchingly embraced Obama from the beginning. And the White House and Democratic establishment have gone to the mat for Strickland. submitted 05/22/12

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As everyone in politics struggles to discover the historical analogy that fits their preconception of what's going on, many Democrats have latched on to Ronald Reagan's first two years as a way of holding on to the hope that political equilibrium will restore itself naturally and President Obama wil .. submitted 05/22/12

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As President Obama contemplates governing after November 2, he has several times reminded his senior staff that he would like to see more women in positions of authority. That's not just for the sake of appearances, in the president's mind: it's that he is sensitive to, and accepts, to some degree, .. submitted 05/22/12

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Union members have distributed 17.5 million pamphlets at more than 4,000 worksites, made more than 23 million phone calls and volunteers have knocked on more than 1.3 doors as part of the coordinated labor effort to increase support for Democrats in union-dense Congressional districts, according to .. submitted 05/22/12

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Politico's Jim VandeHei calls Wisconsin "the race that says it all." More than any other Senate race, he writes, what voters are saying in Wisconsin distills the last two years of American political life down to their purest essence. Ron Johnson, a conservative, politically inactive businessman gets .. submitted 05/22/12

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When Washington super-lawyer, hambone, raconteur, and author Bob Bennett speaks, self-deprecation and name-dropping are effortlessly mixed. A tale about his losing 9-0 in the Supreme Court includes a reference to "my friend" John Roberts, now the chief justice. submitted 05/22/12

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en. James "Hoss" Cartwright, the Marine who's now the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, comes off with a golden sheen in Bob Woodward's new book, Obama's Wars. Critically, it's Cartwright who seemed to have the first insight that the way to put leverage on Afghanistan's government was to t .. submitted 05/22/12

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The Great Staff Exodus of 2010 has begun. Even before the traditional post-midterm turnover point, President Obama's kitchen cabinet is in the middle of a significant refurbishment. The staff changes will influence how policy is conceived and executed, and what type of advice the President receives .. submitted 05/22/12

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Today, something unusual will happen. Democrats will happily call attention to a new set of Republican proposals, and Republicans ... well, they'll sort of shrug them off. The "Pledge to America" is supposed to be this year's version of 1994's "Contract with America," which supposedly helped to swi .. submitted 05/22/12

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The Tea Party might be the catalyst that pushes Republican market share among conservatives higher than 80% of the voting electorate. On a national level, that's the single most important metric that strategists are looking at. The relative proportion of conservatives in the electorate is also quite .. submitted 05/22/12

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