Dick Polman

Cited by the Columbia Journalism Review as one of the nation's top political reporters, and lauded by the ABC News political website as "one of the finest political journalists of his generation," Dick Polman is a national political columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is on the full-time faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, as "writer in residence." Dick has been a frequent guest on C-Span, MSNBC, CNN, NPR and the BBC. He covered the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 presidential campaigns.

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All commentaries posted before April 18, 2008, can be accessed at www.dickpolman.blogspot.com.

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Latest post: Chat with Dick Polman on 2012 campaign - 12/05/2011

Chat with Dick Polman on 2012 campaign

Chat with Dick Polman on 2012 campaign

Polman: Gay marriage no longer a hot-button issue - 05/11/2012: By Dick Polman, Inquirer Columnist

To borrow a phrase from the poet T.S. Eliot, it’s likely that the gay-marriage issue will impact the 2012 presidential race not with a bang, but a whimper.
Politics aren't for the humble - 05/03/2012: Dick Polman

When the usual suspects complain that President Obama is 'politicizing' the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, I can only marvel at their willful amnesia.
The running-mate question - 04/28/2012: Dick Polman

I want to show you something I wrote 12 years ago. George W. Bush was the presumptive Republican nominee, and everyone was dying to know who his running mate would be. One hot prospect was due to give a speech in Washington, and so, on a hot July morning, I went to check him out. It was bedlam. Scores of gawkers seemed juiced by the notion that the man in their midst might wind up a heartbeat away. The winner of the veep contest, I wrote, “might well be the slim guy with the silver hair and sharp tongue who sauntered into a marble lobby and waved hello to 100 of his new best friends.”
What Hilary Rosen got right - 04/19/2012: By Dick Polman, For The Inquirer

Dick Polman: Ann Romney's critic is guilty of saying precisely the right thing in precisely the wrong way.
Obama vs. Romney: The race is on - 04/15/2012: Dick Polman: Let's score the general election's opening week, with a look at strengths and weaknesses.
A high court of politics? - 04/05/2012: By Dick Polman, For The Inquirer

Dick Polman: Obamacare's defenders insist the U.S. Supreme Court wouldn't dare nuke it along party lines.
Obamacare now may be Obama asset in '12 - 03/30/2012: The American Debate: The president's campaign advisers plan to spin the term as a positive.
Why Seamus matters for Mitt - 03/22/2012: By Dick Polman, For The Inquirer

American Debate: An Irish setter strapped to a car roof is something that sticks with voters.
Polman: Obama's questionable claim to whack at will - 03/18/2012
President has national security cred - 03/08/2012: By Dick Polman, For The Inquirer

The American Debate: No matter the GOP rhetoric, Obama scores high on foreign policy.