Jimmy Carter Articles

Barack Obama’s mandate in 2008 was misunderstood by many liberals. Can a new populist message save his bid for re-election, asks Robert Philpot Barring an upset on ‘Super Tuesday’ early this month – and there have been plenty of those already in this primary season –...

The path to victory in 2012 looks tough for the Democratic incumbent, but Barack Obama has won as the underdog before and could well do so again, writes Anthony Painter Political scientists are, of course, no such thing. There are very rarely replicable experiments in...

A divisive, drawn-out Republican contest to challenge Obama now more likely - and could be good for Obama. The Republican presidential nomination contest was energised on Saturday by Representative Michelle Bachmann’s victory in the Ames straw poll, combined with...