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Five Questions About the New Electorate
For a decade or more, we've been promised an electoral transformation: Younger voters, minorities, and women will prevail over the older, conservative majority. Is this the year the predictions come true?
October 6, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller

Party People
A collection of the Prospect's interviews with activists, delegates, and politicians during the Democratic National Convention.
August 29, 2008 | By Dana Goldstein, Mark Schmitt, Thomas F. Schaller and Ezra Klein | web only

A Walk Among the Blue Dogs
Tom Schaller scores a ticket to a Denver event for the Blue Dog caucus and, as Code Pink protests and corporates sponsors look on, considers the role of centrists in today's Democratic Party.
August 26, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Did Road to Unity Begin in Virginia?
Before sneaking off to a secret meeting with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama spoke kindly about Hillary Clinton at a rally in Virginia. His supporters weren't so nice.
June 6, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Is Clinton the Last to Know It's Over?
Barack Obama coupled a solid, double-digit win in North Carolina with a narrow defeat in Indiana to stall Hillary Clinton's recent momentum. The question now is whether Clinton can see the increasingly obvious end of her campaign.
May 7, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Southwest Passage
Is John McCain, with his home state advantage and record of leadership on immigration, a threat to the Democrats' plan to capture the Southwest?
March 20, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Potomac Pummeling
With three decisive wins yesterday, Barack Obama proved he has broadened not just his margin of victory but the nature of his demographic coalition.
February 13, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Super Surrogate
Whether Bill Clinton is a liability or an asset to his wife's presidential campaign, his role, and his actions, are unprecedented.
January 25, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

The Republicans' Accountability Moment
Huckabee's win is a clear signal to the Republican Party that their internal divisions are not going away.
January 4, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Why Iowa Means Nothing to the GOP
The Republican race in Iowa was an increasingly bitter battle between Huckabee and Romney. Is the real outcome a victory for one of the candidates who stayed out of the brawl?
January 3, 2008 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

The State of the Field-Ops War
Two weeks out from Iowa--who has people on the ground, and the strategy to organize them?
December 21, 2007 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

What Ever Happened to Moderate Republicans?
With the hard right dominating their party, two groups have formed to recenter the Republicans. But even in their old habitats -- Wall Street and the media -- they're struggling to be noticed.
December 6, 2007 | By Thomas F. Schaller

Will the GOP Make a Statement?
Why rank-and-file Republicans might opt to send a protest message by throwing the '08 fight with a statement candidate.
May 14, 2007 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Gettysburg, Again
Four decades after the South started going Republican, its influence is receding as the North becomes more Democratic. (Which is why the Democrats aren't moving right.)
November 19, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller

Who Rides the Elephant?
Ryan Sager's new book offers a libertarian lament of the big-government, social-conservative takeover of the GOP.
September 27, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Tactics Make Perfect
It may be too tough for Democrats to nationalize the elections through a positive policy agenda. But they can certainly unify around a set of effective campaign gambits.
August 31, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Sore Loserman
Lessons from Connecticut.
August 9, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Cat Scratch Fever
My run-in with Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, the Democrats' Dixie huckster.
June 21, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Party Crashers
In Crashing the Gate, Markos & Co. annihilate politics-as-therapy, Senate campaign committees, and Robert Shrum.
March 24, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Southern Comfort
John Edwards is the candidate uniquely suited -- either as nominee or running mate -- to pull in votes from outside the South.
February 4, 2004 | By David Lublin and Thomas F. Schaller | web only

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