Second-term Obama – lame duck or lifeless cicada?
You can compare President Obama’s second term with the fate of the cicada swarms that hit Washington in May: a lot of preparation, but within weeks the frenzy has gone.
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Guns in America: was Sandy Hook a tipping point?
It could be one of the biggest issues of Barack Obama’s presidency. Can the US let go of its guns? Matt Frei takes a look in the first of our special series, Guns in America.
Susan Rice: another victim of the Washington game
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of
On the brink of the fiscal cliff – and it’s no road movie
No more Mr Nice Guy from Barack Obama as America peers over the fiscal cliff – but what are the implications?
Obama: Can the good candidate become a great president?
His place in history is already assured – but can a greyer, wiser Barack Obama, less crushed by expectation, finally live up to his promise as president?
‘If a state doesn’t swing, the voter’s phone won’t ring’
In the final feverish days of the campaign both Obama and Romney are outdoing each other in air miles, rally counts, hands shaken, cheeks squeezed and flossed smiles flashed across this vast
Debate? This was more like Fight Club
Round two in the US presidential debates and both candidates came out fighting. This time, with so much at stake, Obama and Romney got personal. And it wasn’t nice.
Vice presidents clash in generation game debate
Washington Correspondent Matt Frei looks at who came out top of the Veep debate and the implications it will have on the race to the White House.
Obama camp’s alarm as the Romney robot springs to life
Until last week’s presidential debate, the US electorate had been flirting with a robot. That robot has now sprung to life and displayed unmistakeable traces of humanity.
‘The hoarse whisperer’ electrifies his audience
Bill Clinton rolls back the years with a performance worthy of a superstar at the Democratic convention. Matt Frei blogs from Charlotte.
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