It was not posed as a question for a reason. And so it should not come as much of a surprise that, throughout more than 100 scheduled events at CPAC, only two were even set up as debates. One was a contrived (and hilarious) boxing match debate between...

I would like to talk about me," Emanuel told Spielman. Others in the Emanuel inner political circle via Spielman: "John Kupper, the former Axelrod partner who worked on all of Emanuel's campaigns and helped him seize Democratic control of the U.S....

All three had surprising input into the mayor’s first budget address. “I’m not gonna get either Paul Begala or Bruce Reed to come here and be a speechwriter. But I’m not also gonna cut off what I’m trying to do from friends and relationships I have to...

That’s why it was so inspired of Chrysler to rent Clint Eastwood’s big, craggy survivor’s face and whispery golden-oldie diction for its Super Bowl ad. (Read Paul Begala on how Clint and the Boss’s new album entwine.) While Lexus and Infiniti use...

While there was no question the conservative CPAC audience was firmly on Carlson’s side, Begala held his own and even received a few cheers throughout the informal, yet well attended debate. Especially when Begala asked the crown to cheer if they were...

If anyone ever considered that this may be the case for the single greatest debate show in history, Crossfire, Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala blew those doubts away. In a three-round “boxing match,” the two went over issues as varied as whether...