http://www.govexec.comen-usFri, 12 Apr 2013 09:18:55 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/how-washington-ruined-governors/62464/State capitals increasingly imitate the national parties.Ronald Brownstein and Stephanie Czekalinski, National JournalFri, 12 Apr 2013 09:18:55 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/how-washington-ruined-governors/62464/ManagementSouth Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, third from left, listens to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, right, during a meeting of the National Governor's Association. Manuel Balce Ceneta/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/public-favors-gays-military-not-weddings/55854/Half of Americans back House-passed legislation to bar same-sex weddings on military bases.Ronald Brownstein, National JournalTue, 22 May 2012 09:42:37 -0400http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/05/public-favors-gays-military-not-weddings/55854/Defense Midshipmen march onto Worden Field at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. for the annual Commissioning Week Color Parade in 2009.Alex Dorgan-Ross/AP file photo http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/01/gops-managerial-wing-picks-its-man-romney/40851/Newt Gingrich's ringing declarations to shutter federal departments may not be enough to help him overtake the Republican front-runner in South Carolina.Ronald Brownstein, National JournalWed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/01/gops-managerial-wing-picks-its-man-romney/40851/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2011/07/bill-clinton-urges-obama-not-to-blink-in-debt-deal-talks/34311/If GOP won't raise revenue for debt ceiling deal, the former president says, Obama should pursue a short-term agreement.Ronald BrownsteinTue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2011/07/bill-clinton-urges-obama-not-to-blink-in-debt-deal-talks/34311/Newshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/05/ryan-relatively-optimistic-about-debt-ceiling-agreement-before-august/33910/Plan will likely establish a process to reduce national deficit, he says.Ronald BrownsteinWed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/05/ryan-relatively-optimistic-about-debt-ceiling-agreement-before-august/33910/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2011/01/one-for-the-books/33021/The last Congress will enter the history books for the magnitude of both its political losses and its legislative victories.Ronald BrownsteinTue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2011/01/one-for-the-books/33021/Oversight - On Politicshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2010/09/disenchanted-dems/32322/The president's grades have fallen, in some cases faster, among groups that supported him in 2008.Ronald BrownsteinTue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2010/09/disenchanted-dems/32322/Oversight - On Politicshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2010/08/collapse-in-confidence/32162/The deep alienation Americans feel toward their public and private leadership isn't likely to go away when the economy improves.Ronald BrownsteinTue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2010/08/collapse-in-confidence/32162/Oversight - On Politicshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2009/09/mixed-messages/29874/The RNC chairman's pledge to preserve Medicare is incompatible with his party's visions of sweeping change.Ronald BrownsteinTue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2009/09/mixed-messages/29874/Oversight - On Politicshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2009/08/thunder-on-the-right/29831/Health care town halls signal intensity gap between parties reminiscent of 1994.Ronald BrownsteinTue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2009/08/thunder-on-the-right/29831/Oversight - On Politicshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2008/02/size-matters/26281/If each Democratic presidential candidate holds roughly to his or her existing coalition, whose side of the party is bigger?Ronald BrownsteinTue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/on-politics/2008/02/size-matters/26281/Oversight - On Politicshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2008/01/after-iowa-vote-new-hampshire-and-uncertainty-await/26037/With decisive victories of Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee, stake rise in upcoming contests.Ronald BrownsteinFri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2008/01/after-iowa-vote-new-hampshire-and-uncertainty-await/26037/Oversight