Joe Frolik says distrust between House and Senate Democrats is making it harder to pass a health care bill. Full story »

White House strategists seem to believe that an all-out push for health care at least will rally Democratic voters who failed to turn out in New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts. Full story »

Joe Frolik says both parties are struggling to keep the troops in line. Full story »

Joe Frolik writes that Indiana pols are gettling ready for life after Evan Bayh, while those in California prepare for war over global warming. Full story »

Joe Frolik's political notebook finds Americans in a grumpy mood. Full story »

Jor Frolik finds signs of rare unity in the political world and some very strange goings-on in Illinois. Full story »

Joe Frolik wonders if health care legislation will get out of the ICU and looks ahead to the first primary of the year. Full story »

Joe Frolik looks at the Massachusetts Senate race, George Voinovich's legacy and the Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling. Full story »

Joe Frolik asks if voters are about to perform a real Massachusetts Miracle, and if they do, what happens to health care reform. Full story »

Joe Frolik offers an early survey of 2010's political landscape. Full story »

A new decade arrives with new challenges, but Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, the region's core city, face many chronic woes. The Plain Dealer Editorial staff has written extensively on these problems and suggests four areas that must get immediate and sustained attention in the coming year. Full story »

The decade that ends Thursday has given Americans many reasons to worry -- and about things we had thought happened only to other people or in another era.  Full story »

Joe Frolik looks at President Obama's critics on the left. Joe Lieberman's pivotal role on health care and Nancy Pelosi's plan to help her embattled freshmen keep their seats. Full story »

Joe Frolik previews an upcoming fight over the national debt, scopes out the Massachusetts Senate race and plumbs Democratic worries about the 2010 elections. Full story »

Joe Frolik looks at how political campaigns are changing as Election Day morphs into Election Days. Full story »