<![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - David S. Broder -- Washington Post Politics Writer]]>

<![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - David S. Broder -- Washington Post Politics Writer]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss_opinion/columns en-us 15 washingtonpost.com 140 20 http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif <![CDATA[Striking out on Egypt and the weather]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020404263.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020404263.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Will Republicans play the favorite-son game?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020204221.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020204221.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Obama missed an opportunity on tax reform]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012805177.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012805177.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Obama takes his case to the independent center]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/08/AR2010120804224.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/08/AR2010120804224.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Watching Charlie Rangel fall: A painful experience]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120304486.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120304486.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[From the debt commission proposal, a bipartisan path forward]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120103087.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120103087.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Suppose neither political party can solve America's problems]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112604176.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112604176.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[What Murkowski's write-in win says about the electorate]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112405844.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112405844.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[The GOP's lame-duck hardball]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111904268.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111904268.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[The bad omen in Democrats' reorganization of House leadership]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR2010111705808.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR2010111705808.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Sober suggestions from Obama's debt commission]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/12/AR2010111204481.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/12/AR2010111204481.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[The right role for the lame-duck Congress]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/10/AR2010111005194.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/10/AR2010111005194.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Election results and President Obama's mistakes]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110303602.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110303602.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EDT Print Edition <![CDATA[Election results and President Obama's mistakes]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110303626.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110303626.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:19:01 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[How Obama might recover]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102905810.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102905810.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Voter verdict? More uncertainty ]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102706920.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102706920.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:19:01 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[What America might learn from the British austerity model]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102204205.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102204205.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Dole-Ford era offers model for Obama-GOP cooperation]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/20/AR2010102004974.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/20/AR2010102004974.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[A tentative step toward the Oval Office by a GOP policy guru]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/15/AR2010101504710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/15/AR2010101504710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[As the gulf between GOP and Democrats widens, the center is lost]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/13/AR2010101305531.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/13/AR2010101305531.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Ohio's GOP Senate candidate is a man to watch]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100804322.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100804322.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Chatty Joe Biden tries to keep voters hopeful about the economy]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/06/AR2010100605242.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/06/AR2010100605242.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[John Boehner's useful thoughts on fixing Congress]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100105259.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100105259.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The new math adds up to losses for the Democrats]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/29/AR2010092905384.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/29/AR2010092905384.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[No tea parties on McCain's calendar]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/17/AR2010091703197.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/17/AR2010091703197.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The GOP paradox: Strong and yet weak]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/15/AR2010091502624.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/15/AR2010091502624.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[When JFK defused the Catholic question]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006375.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006375.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The Obama era, phase two]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090805705.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090805705.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Pa. race on the edges instead of in the middle]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090304150.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090304150.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates are on a national stage]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090104999.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090104999.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[There was nothing to fear on Aug. 28, 1963]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/27/AR2010082703804.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/27/AR2010082703804.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[John McCain, your country is calling]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082503562.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082503562.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Why Obama's spokesman is angered, and pessimistic]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082004681.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082004681.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Wanted: A few stand-up candidates]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/18/AR2010081804692.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/18/AR2010081804692.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Tom Vilsack in context]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081304464.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081304464.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Get ready for Congress's NIMBY politics on budget cuts]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/11/AR2010081104746.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/11/AR2010081104746.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Mitch McConnell comes to the Senate's defense]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080604097.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080604097.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The Senate, running on empty]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/04/AR2010080405451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/04/AR2010080405451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[What the GOP can do for Obama]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073004116.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073004116.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In Delaware campaign for Senate, civility rules]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072804526.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072804526.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[2010's battlegrounds are in the races for governor]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072303885.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072303885.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[With another woman, the Supreme Court can't help but change]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072104065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072104065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Either Reagan or George W. Bush could shape the fall election]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071604069.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071604069.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Outside Washington, feeling hopeful on the budget crisis]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/14/AR2010071404216.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/14/AR2010071404216.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Building a more positive Tea Party?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070903717.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070903717.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[House budget plan? A dereliction of duty]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/07/AR2010070703432.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/07/AR2010070703432.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[How Henry Clay shaped America in the 19th century]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070203976.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070203976.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Sen. Robert Byrd's vanished ethic]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063004201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063004201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Obama walks a tightrope domestically and in Afghanistan]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062504152.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062504152.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[A better path to campaign-finance reform]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062304006.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062304006.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT Opinions