Jamelle Bouie

Sorry, conservatives: Having the Wisconsonite on the ticket would make it easier for the president to portray Romney as a heartless plutocrat.

He isn’t skilled enough to maneuver between swing voters and the Tea Party base.

With this latest ad, Mitt Romney has unleashed the dogwhistle stage of his campaign.

Losing insurance coverage is a big—and sometimes deadly—deal.

Job losses aren’t the president’s fault if he’s a Republican, it seems.

If the Republican nominee seems terrible at campaigning, it’s because he’s trapped in a difficult political bind.

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there’s no real evidence to suggest that this is the former Massachusetts governor’s race to lose.

The Republican presidential nominee has stopped trying to hide his allegience to the wealthy and privileged.