Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, is a former White House correspondent with two decades of experience covering Washington government and politics. <a...

My latest Capital Journal column looks at the gut-level decision now facing Democrats: The fate of pending U.S. health-care legislation — and its political impact next year — likely hangs on one simple question: Will Democrats conclude they are better...

My latest Capital Journal recaps a conversation with Gen. James Jones, national security adviser, on Iran: Gen. James Jones has the ramrod-straight demeanor and no-frills speaking style befitting someone who once was the commandant of the Marine...

The politics of getting a Nobel Peace Prize are even more complicated than we thought. The Daily Beast’s Katarina Andersson says the very folks who made the controversial decision to give the prize to President Barack Obama now are a little miffed...

My latest Capital Journal column looks at how President Barack Obama seems to be modeling his foreign policy after that other President Bush: President Barack Obama and his aides talk a lot about how his approach to the world is different from George...