Frank Spring Articles

A lesson for the Labour party from recent American political history is what changed between the elections of 2008 and 2012; it is to be found in a process that began before most voters outside of Democratic circles had heard of Barack Obama. The electorate itself...

Fred Karger, candidate for the Republican nomination for president, is a man without a party. Karger is a political consultant from California whose clients have included large corporations and industrial groups, as well as a string of GOP presidential hopefuls, of...

The GOP primary next month may not feature the classic campaign conflict of momentum versus organisation – indeed, it could well descend into a case of inertia versus disorganisation. Organisation and momentum are not mutually exclusive, of course; in tandem, they are...

Jon Huntsman is the most electorally dangerous Republican in America. The former Governor of Utah will not win his party’s nomination in 2012, despite the fact that he has assembled a strong campaign team, raised money and undertaken a vigorous and professional...