In Richistan, I wrote about a new political divide emerging among the wealthy. While most Lower Richistani’s ($1 million to $10 million in net worth) were voting Republican, most Middle-and Upper Richistanis (those worth $10 million plus and $100 million plus) were voting Democrat.
Lower Richistanis tended to vote almost exclusively based on taxes. But Upper [...]

The American public’s mood is among the darkest in the past 40 years as voters remain pessimistic about their personal financial state and blame everyone within range for the financial crisis.

The latest Journal/NBC News poll shows voters’ economic worries boosting Sen. Barack Obama as he widens his lead over Sen. John McCain, 49% to 43%. [...]

The Obama campaign has a new answer for the wealthy who complain about the candidate’s plans to raise their taxes. Barack Obama isn’t going to do it for income redistribution or to play populist politics or even to fund the increasingly gaping hole in government financials, according to the new tack. Instead, he is doing [...]

Things are getting heated in the build-up to U.S. Presidential elections this coming fall, and China is a subject that both candidates keep coming back to, and that American voters are eager to hear about. The faltering Olympic organization and burgeoning economy of the PRC have been getting most of the attention, but in the [...]

Wall Street Journal reporter Bob Davis introduces the trade debate, which he will moderate over the next few days in Shaping the New Agenda. So far the campaigns have addressed whether global trade talks are fatally flawed.
Trade runs like a fault line through the presidential election. On one side is Republican John McCain who has [...]

The ongoing trade debate between advisers to Barack Obama and John McCain is taking on a less friendly feel today as Philip Levy (for McCain) and Daniel Tarullo (for Obama) point out the major flaws in each other’s trade policies.
See excerpts of the debate below. Visit the entire trade debate in the new Shaping the [...]

Race, gender and faith are the defining issues of the U.S. presidential campaign. It’s an explosive combination in any arena, let alone politics. For the Democrats, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been headlining on race and gender, whereas the Republicans are preoccupied with the characters and merits/demerits of their Baptist, Mormon, and Roman Catholic [...]