Patrick Caddell

Patrick Caddell

Articles by Patrick Caddell

What Happened in Iowa?

In both parties, Monday’s Iowa caucuses proved that politics in the United States today is a revolution, not a revolt. Fortunately, while not a violent revolution a la France, it is every bit as serious for American politics and American life. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this election is not about ideology, issues, or items on a resume. Voters are carrying out an insurgency.

WEST DES MOINES, IA - FEBRUARY 1: Democratic caucus-goers in support of presidential candi

Obamagate: The Focus Is Barack Obama

In Part One of this series, published on Monday, I used the word “Watergate” seven times, openly comparing the scandalous Obama administration to the scandalous Nixon administration. I didn’t know the half of it. Just hours after Part One ran, we all

Obamagate: The Focus Is Barack Obama

Caddell: Gabriel Sherman 'An Embarrassment to the Journalistic Trade'

Sometimes little things crack open and reveal big things. For example, what started as a small dispute–over the historical record of a presidential speech from four decades ago–has now metastasized into a raging controversy over a new book about Roger

Caddell: Gabriel Sherman 'An Embarrassment to the Journalistic Trade'

Why Romney Lost – Part I

The subject of why Mitt Romney lost is so interesting that I will divide my analysis into two parts: first, on Romney the candidate, and second, on Romney the campaign CEO.  Sorry, Mitt, whether you want to admit it or

Why Romney Lost – Part I

Obama's Arrogant Overreach–and the Republican Opportunity

In the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the Republicans are in desperate need of a game-changer. That is, the current dynamics in Washington DC are so bad right now for Republicans that they are likely to go off a political cliff. President Obama and

Obama's Arrogant Overreach–and the Republican Opportunity

Can the Republican Party Avoid the Fate of the Whigs?

Note from Senior Management: Pat Caddell, Fox News Contributor and top Democratic strategist, continues his series of exclusive commentary and analysis for Breitbart News concerning the recent election and the future of the Republic. If present trends continue, the Republicans will

Can the Republican Party Avoid the Fate of the Whigs?

We Can Do Better: An America That Can Imagine Itself

America is in deep trouble.  Everyone realizes it, even people who just voted for “four more years” in the recent election. A Rasmussen poll from August found that just 14 percent of Americans think that America’s children will be better off than

We Can Do Better: An America That Can Imagine Itself

The October Surprise and the November Election

The October Surprise in 2010 At 4:22 p.m. on Friday, October 29, 2010, President Barack Obama stepped into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House and announced some startling news: Two bombs, hidden inside printer cartridges,

The October Surprise and the November Election

The Meta-Issue of the Presidential Debates

Winning the Battle vs. Winning the War  Sometimes you can win the battle and yet still lose the war–and that could well be the story of Barack Obama in his third debate against Mitt Romney. On points, Obama won the

The Meta-Issue of the Presidential Debates

Can Romney Execute a Pincer Strategy Against Obama?

Mitt Romney is now ahead in most national polls, confounding all the Beltway geniuses who had been eagerly trying to shovel dirt on his political grave for the past few months. And the state-by-state polls tell the same story: Romney is

Can Romney Execute a Pincer Strategy Against Obama?

Romney Must Go on Offense on Media, Middle East

Mitt Romney is not going to win the White House if he doesn’t speak in plain terms about the true nature of this election campaign.    That is, if Romney doesn’t stand up and point out the obvious–that he’s not

Romney Must Go on Offense on Media, Middle East

The Audacity of Cronyism: Jarrett, Plouffe, and Donilon

It’s hard to know which is worse: the arrogance of the Obama administration in assuming that its White House staffers can get away with anything, or the apathy of the media in not holding those staffers accountable. Actually, let’s scratch

The Audacity of Cronyism: Jarrett, Plouffe, and Donilon

White House Leaks: What Does Axelrod Know, and How Does He Know It?

So is David Axelrod now in charge of the investigation into the May–June leaks that have jeopardized our troops and undermined our national security in what is arguably the single greatest breach of sensitive national security information in the modern

White House Leaks: What Does Axelrod Know, and How Does He Know It?