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Ukrainians Go To The Polls Tomorrow

05/24/2014 Published on Forbes.com
As Ukrainians go to the polls to elect their president tomorrow the result is not in much doubt: chocolatier and oligarch Petro Poroshenko will almost certainly be the next president of Ukraine. But what is in much graver doubt is…

An Inside Look At Victor Yanukovich’s Ukraine

02/24/2014 Published on Forbes.com
We are all breathing a sigh of relief here in the West and, indeed, around the world now that the violence in Kiev has halted. Recent developments are heartening for supporters of democracy and although the road ahead will certainly…

My New Book – The End Of Authority: How A Loss Of Legitimacy And Broken Trust Are Endangering Our Future

11/18/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Consider the state of the world today: in Washington, the Democratic and Republican parties finally agreed on a deal to raise the debt ceiling after Tea Party Republicans held the country hostage over their wild goose chase to defund ObamaCare,…

Where Is The United States Vis-à-vis The 2013 Iranian Presidential Election?

05/23/2013 Published on Forbes.com
A recent event has not gotten the attention that it arguably should have. On Tuesday, Iran’s Guardian Council turned down the candidacies of two potential presidential candidates: one, a close aide and associate of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the…

Pakistan’s historic election could bring change to military ties with US

05/11/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
May 11, 2013: Pakistani women wait to register their names and cast their ballots at a polling station on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP) Pakistan’s historic election today could have immense consequences for the region and the so-called war…

American people, not lawmakers, really understand our fiscal mess

11/19/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
The 2012 election did not provide a clear mandate for either party, and certainly not for President Obama. The election itself reflected the polarization of the last four years and offered little in the way of direction about what the…

The Pollsters Got It Right

11/08/2012 Published on Forbes.com
The mudslinging between the candidates and campaigns in this election was matched by the vitriol spewed over the polls. This one is oversampling Democrats, this one leans Right and this one is biased left. We have heard it all over…

Dick Morris explains — why I was wrong about the 2012 election

11/07/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
I’ve got egg on my face. I predicted a Romney landslide and, instead, we ended up with an Obama squeaker. The key reason for my bum prediction is that I mistakenly believed that the 2008 surge in black, Latino, and…

Sudden danger signs in polling as Election Day nears

11/02/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
As Election Day approaches, we must be very sensitive to last minute changes in the polls. Remember that President George W. Bush fell from a 4 point lead into a tie over the last weekend in 2000 and Clinton rose…

Obama sums up second-term vision in campaign booklet

10/23/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
DELRAY, Fla. — President Obama began his final push and pitch to voters by unveiling a glossy 20-page booklet on his plan for a second term, after critics from both parties charged he needed to give more details on what…