Articles by Karl Rove
Obama and the Fiscal 'Road to Hell'
At last week's G-20 meeting, President Barack Obama achieved a two-fer. He suffered a significant international defeat, and he increased the chances his party will suffer a major domestic one this fall.
Obama and the Woes of the Democrats
Democrats are acknowledging they'll lose ground in the midterms.
The Bad News About ObamaCare Keeps Piling Up
In his brilliant exposition of why sweeping policy changes often have unintended consequences, the late sociologist Robert K. Merton wrote that leaders get things wrong when their "paramount concern with the foreseen immediate consequences excludes the consideration of further or other consequences" of their proposals.
Reasoning Arizona
President Obama is using the new Arizona immigration law to advance a central White House preoccupation: his reelection.
Obama and the Trouble With Voting 'Present'
When Barack Obama announced he was running for president in February 2007, Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report wrote "Obama's history of voting 'present'" in Springfield, Ill.—even on some of the most controversial and politically explosive issues . . . raises questions . . . Voting 'present' is one of the three options in the Illinois Legislature (along with 'yes' and 'no') but it's almost never an option for the occupant of the Oval Office."
ObamaCare's Ever-Rising Price Tag
White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod argued earlier this year that health-care reform would become more popular after it passed, boosting Democrats in the midterm elections.
Yes, the Gulf Spill Is Obama's Katrina
As President Obama prepares to return to the Gulf Coast Friday, he is receiving increasing criticism for his handling of the oil spill.
A Bad Day for the Obama Agenda
The temptation for politicians and political analysts is to draw broad, sweeping conclusions from election results.
How Badly Will the Democrats Do?
The 2010 midterm elections will be bad for Democrats.
The President and the Politics of Civility
Last Saturday, Americans were again instructed on their political manners by their Moralizer in Chief.