Jonathan Darman

John Edwards's mistress has been surprisingly silent in public.

Could a wealthy, white, well-connected southerner really grow up to be president? Haley Barbour can't wait to find out.

An update to our April 27 cover story: A journalistic flare-up over whether NEWSWEEK played a role in Eliot Spitzer's political rehab.

When your résumé says 'disgraced ex-governor,' what do you do next?

Reagan called it the place where good Republicans go to die. But has the very idea of Orange County expired?

Robert Caro spent decades living LBJ's life. His goal with the last volume is the same as itwas with the first: to endure.

Gavin Newsom, a vocal supporter of gay marriage, is betting his future on the fact that social attitudes are growing more liberal.

The left can breathe easy. Rick Warren is not Obama's Billy Graham.

Jonathan Darman reports:With less than two weeks left in the presidential contest, Barack Obama continues to hold a commanding double-digit lead over John McCain according to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll.

If McCain loses, the GOP will have a head vs. heart decision to make about the party's veep pick.

Obama stays well ahead in the new NEWSWEEK Poll.

Obama opens a double-digit lead in new NEWSWEEK poll

Dear Young Americans:I won't tell you how special you are because you've heard it before. For the past nine months, the mainstream media have showered you with adulation.

Rovean tactics alone do not win the Republican Party elections. This is a center-right country, and Democrats ignore this at their own peril.

By Jonathan Darman With 53 days until Election Day, John McCain has pulled even with Barack Obama in the latest NEWSWEEK Poll. Buoyed by the Republican convention and overwhelming partisan enthusiasm for his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain is now tied with Obama among registered voters nationwide, 46 percent to 46 percent.

The new NEWSWEEK Poll shows McCain and Obama deadlocked

John McCain's task: convincing a country it needs more daily drama

[youtube:gaUbFk4xp9A] By Jonathan Darman For months, I've listened to die-Hard Hillary Clinton supporters talk about their candidate's special bond with the white working class.

By Jonathan Darman Days before he takes the stage in St. Paul, Minn., at the GOP convention, independent Democrat Joe Lieberman's being constantly rewritten on both the left and right.

A seeker and a New Age spiritualist, John Edwards's other woman believed she could help him make history.

The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by only 3 points. What a difference a few weeks can make.

So it has already come to this. At the end of its first month, the great and noble general-election campaign of 2008 has been defined by a single question: who is the biggest flip-flopper?

To get McCain elected, Carly Fiorina is talking up ... Hillary.

A new NEWSWEEK Poll underscores Obama's racial challenge.

The greatest mystery in a mystifying campaign: what happened to Bill?

In defeat, the Clintons are remarkably adept at picking up the pieces.

What New York's mayor would need for a White House run.

History repeats itself, but not without a few wrinkles. We make the connections—then pick them apart.The housing of 10,000 fire evacuees at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium drew comparisons with New Orleans's post-Katrina chaos.

What 'Elizabeth' teaches about Hillary Clinton's challenge

The Al Gore-Teddy Roosevelt Comparison.