Charles Hurt has been D.C. The Post's bureau chief and news columnist since 2007 covering the presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rudy Giuliani and Barack Obama. He traveled extensively with the campaigns during the long 2008 Democratic primary, the general election and covered both Democratic and Republican conventions. A native of Chatham, Va., Hurt began his newspaper career on the city desk of the Detroit News, covering the city's collapsing public school system, corrupt city politics and disfunctional fire department. Since 2001, he has covered national politics from Washington. Before joining the Post, Hurt followed the 2004 presidential campaign and covered congress for the Washington Times.
WASHINGTON -- If you're wondering what's that burning smell wafting from Harlem, it's Charlie Rangel's tail on fire. And it can only get worse. Much worse. For a House member -- a long-serving and powerful...
July 23, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- After nearly two years of Hope and Change, the seas have not receded, the world has not turned into a gentle dove in His hands, and we have not slipped the surly shackles of partisanship. Turns out,...
July 22, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Bubba is back in the House! Desperate to put the brakes on his startling political free-fall, President Obama has called on the only man in America who might be able to save his skin: Bill Clinton....
July 15, 2010 12:00 AMAll the polls show that the public is over whelmingly opposed to President Obama on illegal immigration, but the reality is even worse. At least for Democrats up for re-election this fall, who will be smeared by...
July 12, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to the most basic function of the federal government -- guarding our borders -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has only one priority: his own re-election. Democrats and Republicans...
July 09, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- President Obama arrived on the scene yesterday of one America's most pressing political disasters and tried lecturing it away. It was a halting speech, punctuated with sighs and head-shaking....
July 02, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- Pinned down in Kandahar, Presi dent Obama faced a small handful of unpleasant options and dwindling ammunition. Every bad option was sure to invite enemy fire and cause painful casualties. There...
June 24, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal may be dumber than BP's Tony Hayward when it comes to media strategy, and his powers of judgment might rank down there with Lindsay Lohan's. But you got to hand it to the guy...
June 23, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- The really confusing thing about these congressional hearings into all the global-scale catastrophes lately is figuring out on which side of the grand dais the good guys are sitting. In yesterday's...
June 18, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Chuck Schumer just got one step closer to assuming leadership of the Senate Democratic caucus. After a long and bruising fight, Nevada Republicans finally picked their gal, former Nevada Assemblywoman...
June 09, 2010 12:00 AMIt was yet another performance of the "full responsibility" flimflam. In a rare appearance before his adoring fans in the press corps yesterday, President Obama repeatedly took "full responsibility" for the...
May 28, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- It has been said that the most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Never have those words been truer than today as thick, toxic crude oil gels...
May 26, 2010 12:00 AMAt first, they were ignored. Then they were mocked. Next, they were roundly smeared and scorned. Today, the Tea Party movement has in its grip the trembling attention of both Democrats and Republicans. Before...
May 20, 2010 12:00 AMAnytime a politician tries explaining his way out of a serious jam by blaming his troubles on "misplaced words," you know he has a major problem. That is because a politician's job is to talk. It is all they do and...
May 19, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- The really amazing thing about the ongoing po litical purge we are seeing across the country is the genuine shock and hurt felt by the ousted. Pink-slipped in a West Virginia primary Tuesday, 14-term...
May 13, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- With the nomination of Elena Kagan to the high court, President Obama tosses a bone to a bloc that's become increasingly disenchanted with him. Gay groups across the country cheered Kagan's selection...
May 11, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- The last time a terrorist planted a bomb aimed at killing so many civilian men, women and children in America, President Obama got scalded for his slow, tepid and detached response. Still smarting...
May 05, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Tea Party invaders have finally scaled the high walls and taken their first stronghold inside the GOP castle. The defection of Florida's governor from his own Republican Party in the race for the US...
April 30, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Carl "Shi- -y Deal" Levin knows one when he sees one. And when he finds a shi- -y deal, he likes to repeat "shi- -y deal" again and again and again. Eighteen times, to be exact. Casual observers...
April 28, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- With the window rapidly closing on their once- unstoppable majority, Democrats in Congress are about to learn an ugly lesson with their financial regulation reform bill. No matter how much they beckon...
April 17, 2010 12:00 AMMarie Antoinette famously dismissed her starving, seething masses, saying, "Let them eat cake." In a modern twist of French fancy and Habsburg haughtiness, President Obama yesterday skipped town on thousands of...
April 16, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Where is New York's Scott Brown? This election season has already seen political revolts from Massachusetts to Virginia. With the economy and joblessness voters' top concern, these foul winds seem...
April 09, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- As a Democrat from a conservative district in a red state, Rep. Brad Ellsworth has always relied on shrewd political instincts and good timing. The former local county sheriff is as law-and-order as...
March 23, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Stepping before cameras in the White House late last night, President Obama thanked Democrats in Congress for making the ultimate sacrifice. The president noted that to better the lives of Americans,...
March 22, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- This will be one unholy Sunday for any American suckers left who still believe in the "Schoolhouse Rock" version of how a bill becomes a law. Yes, Democrats will finally enjoy the ugliest of victories...
March 19, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Now playing in theaters every where: "Slaughter House Rules." In this latest sequel in the very bad B-movie horror series, Nancy Pelosi and her evil scientists manage to defy all that is good and in...
March 17, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- In those savage hours after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the world looked in utter shock upon the wretched refuse of that teeming shore. Mothers wept to see images of women wading through...
March 15, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Essentially powerless to stop the Democratic health-care plan from getting rammed through Congress, the Republicans have settled on a strategy of making little fixes where they can and causing enormous...
March 12, 2010 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Throughout his political career, President Obama could not -- as Jack Nicholson's character in "A Few Good Men" might say -- handle the truth. He had the luxury of going to elegant parties, where he...
March 06, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- The congressional whale otherwise known as Rep. Charles Rangel has finally been beached. Just weeks ago, Democrats were bellowing about the need to let the House Ethics Committee finish its...
March 03, 2010 12:00 AM
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