A kingmaker for the invisible primary

By Greg Marx   Jul 6, 2011 at 09:17 AM

Yesterday, we published an interview I conducted with Hans Noel, co-author of the 2008 book The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations... More

How to Understand the ‘Invisible Primary’

An interview with Georgetown professor Hans Noel

By Greg Marx   Jul 5, 2011 at 02:34 PM

The 2012 Iowa caucuses are still seven months away, but Republican presidential hopefuls are already well into the “invisible primary”—a... More

Economic Policy-makers Go MIA

National Journal on the holes in Obama’s team

By Greg Marx   Jul 5, 2011 at 02:16 PM

The focus in the political press today is all about whether Congressional Republicans, having extracted promises from the White House... More

Said and Unsaid

Which topics the press asks about—and which ones it doesn’t—at Obama’s press conferences

By Greg Marx   Jul 1, 2011 at 10:50 AM

How was the media’s performance at this week’s presidential press conference? With one or two exceptions, pretty good. In addition... More

Globe Delivers its Verdict on Romneycare

A good—if imperfect—example of policy-oriented reporting

By Greg Marx   Jun 27, 2011 at 05:13 PM

On Sunday, the Boston Globe published the second installment in its two-part series on “Romneycare,” the Massachusetts health care overhaul... More

Wemple’s Blog Launches at WaPo Site

By Greg Marx   Jun 27, 2011 at 09:52 AM

Flagging a welcome new addition to the media beat: Erik Wemple, formerly of the Washington City Paper and TBD.com, is... More

Attack of the Drones

Finding the real meaning in Obama’s Afghanistan speech

By Greg Marx   Jun 23, 2011 at 02:36 PM

In the wake of President Obama’s big speech on Afghanistan last night, the basic points of his message—a reversal of... More

Times Series on Group-Home Abuses Gets Results

By Greg Marx   Jun 23, 2011 at 10:15 AM

Danny Hakim’s report on a new agreement between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s largest public-employee union contains... More

Huntsman as McCain Redux

And why the similarities create perils for the press

By Greg Marx   Jun 20, 2011 at 05:11 PM

Jon Huntsman may be stuck at the bottom of early polls for the Republican nomination for president, but, as CNN’s... More

Politico Explores Talk Radio’s Pay-For-Play Practices

Are deals for Limbaugh, Beck a harbinger?

By Greg Marx   Jun 16, 2011 at 05:31 PM

Politico reporters Ken Vogel and Lucy McCalmont had an interesting, well-reported story Wednesday about the inner workings of what’s been... More

A Broken Lede

The government isn’t “broke.” Reporters should stop saying it is.

By Greg Marx   Jun 13, 2011 at 03:46 PM

The Associated Press has an important story today about the fairly horrifying condition of many state budgets. On its site,... More

Hawkery—and Hackery—from Hiatt

Post column misleads on health care reform

By Greg Marx   Jun 13, 2011 at 02:17 PM

In his latest column, which chides President Obama for choosing “easier politics over harder truths” when dealing with America’s fiscal... More

Pawlenty’s Economic Fantasy

A mixed showing from the press as the GOP contender sets out his plan

By Greg Marx   Jun 9, 2011 at 02:24 PM

In his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has tried to cast himself as a... More

Nobody Loves Rick

Skeptical coverage for Santorum’s entry to the presidential race

By Greg Marx   Jun 6, 2011 at 02:01 PM

Say this much for Rick Santorum: As a former senator who’s been hard at work cultivating support in the early... More

On Monetary Policy and Presidential Politics

The next election may depend on the economy. So where are the efforts to fix it?

By Greg Marx   Jun 2, 2011 at 04:04 PM

In today’s New York Times, Binyamin Appelbaum notes what is thus far one of the most salient facts of the... More

The Journal Takes on Tim Pawlenty

A good start, but there’s more to be done

By Greg Marx   Jun 2, 2011 at 01:46 PM

It’s a common complaint around here that campaign coverage focuses too much on the horse race, and not enough on... More

Covering the Cain Campaign

Herman Cain’s probably not a serious candidate. That doesn’t mean the press shouldn’t cover him.

By Greg Marx   May 31, 2011 at 04:08 PM

If you headed out early for the Memorial Day weekend, you probably missed an interesting bit of blogosphere back-and-forth about... More

Did ‘Disaffecteds’ Sink Corwin?

Another angle on the Medicare debate in NY-26

By Greg Marx   May 26, 2011 at 05:34 PM

In my first look at the special election in NY-26 (since partially retracted), I wrote that the Tea Party candidate,... More

More on Early Polls

By Greg Marx   May 26, 2011 at 03:15 PM

Over at The Monkey Cage, John Sides has a quick post following up on my Q & A with him... More

A Great Catch by Ben Smith

Belly-aching about the presidential field is nothing new

By Greg Marx   May 23, 2011 at 03:55 PM

The announcement by Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana, that he won’t run for president in 2012 seems likely... More