In March 2004, when Barack Obama was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the Illinois Democratic primary, he excoriated President George W. Bush for creating a "jobless recovery." The month he said that, 334,000 new jobs were created—none of them tempor...

'Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Karl Rove, they're all warning you of the horrendous impact if you support this legislation," President Barack Obama said in March about his health reform, but "I am actually confident . . . that it will end up being the...

Sometimes the impending loss of power can cause people to say strange things. Consider House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who told reporters last week, "I don't really even have the time to pay attention" to the attacks on her. "This is what campaigns are abo...

With the midterm election less than two months away, all signs point to a punishing defeat for Democrats in the House of Representatives....

With the midterm election less than two months away, all signs point to a punishing defeat for Democrats in the House of Representatives....

Since July 1, 2010, there have been 111 polls released on U.S. House races. In this week's Wall Street Journal op-ed and Karl Rove & Company Polling News and Notes, I discuss what these polls may reveal for November. The full list of polls from July 1...

At times Tuesday night, it sounded as if President Barack Obama didn't know what kind of speech he wanted to give....

In what will rank as one of the all-time presidential PR disasters, we're now well over half way through what the White House called "the summer of recovery." And what a recovery it's been....