Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson is a Bloomberg View columnist appearing on Wednesdays. A former White House correspondent for TIME, she was also TIME's first woman columnist. She appeared on CNN's "Capital Gang" for 15 years.
A Bloomberg political columnist since 2005, Carlson has won two National Headliner Awards as well as the Belva Ann Lockwood alumni award from George Washington University Law School. She serves on the boards of the German Marshall Fund and The Newseum. A former editor at The New Republic, Carlson has been a fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, a Poynter Fellow at Yale University and a journalist-in-residence at the University of Notre Dame. She earned her bachelor's degree from Penn State University and a law degree from George Washington University Law School.
Articles By Margaret Carlson
Romney’s Latest Dilemma Is Too Much Good News: Margaret Carlson
When good news happens to a bad candidate like Mitt Romney, it makes an already difficult situation worse. He has enough trouble communicating any message, much less a mixed one.
Old-Line Republicans Unite in Gingrich Hatred: Margaret Carlson
Yes, Virginia, there is a Republican establishment and, like Santa Claus, it works quietly. After it convinced reluctant conservatives to nominate Senator John McCain for the presidency in 2008 -- and he lost spectacularly to a rookie senator from Illinois -- its members went to ground.
Carlson: Romney Must Get Past Himself to Beat Gingrich
Mitt Romney’s troubles bring to mind a pop-psychology bestseller from a few years ago called “He’s Just Not That Into You.” Romney has endured rejection all year. Even the inadequate Herman Cain and the orange-haired reality star Donald Trump at one time polled better among Republicans than camera-ready Romney.
Conservatives Fake to Santorum, Nod to Romney: Margaret Carlson
The Christian right has been peculiarly inept this campaign. There’s little for them to like about the Republican front-runner, Mitt Romney.
Deaths Show Schools Need Power of the EpiPen: Margaret Carlson
All children’s deaths are tragic, but some are absurdly so. First-grader Ammaria Johnson had just returned to her Virginia grade school after the Christmas holiday and inadvertently ate a peanut at recess. Feeling sick, Ammaria went to a teacher who rushed her to the school clinic, where someone called 911.
Romney Poised for Victory Over Faltering Foes: Margaret Carlson
Mitt Romney is one lucky guy. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the collection of hapless opponents he’s faced this campaign.
Can Santorum Rally Anti-Romney Conservatives?: Margaret Carlson
With Iowa Republicans preparing to head to their overheated church basements for the Jan. 3 caucuses, today’s NBC-Marist poll shows Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann in single digits, and former Speaker Newt Gingrich passing Texas Governor Rick Perry going the wrong way (down) through the low teens.
Army Breaks Its Silence on Suicide by Bullying: Margaret Carlson
The U.S. Army seems determined to get it right this time.
If Paul Wins Caucuses, Iowa Is Loser: Carlson
He who surges last surges best. Newt Gingrich rose from the dead too soon -- or at least with too little money to protect himself on the cluttered airwaves of Iowa.
Gingrich No Loon to Preach Moon in Hard Times: Margaret Carlson
Tuning in to the Republican debate last weekend in Iowa, the first since Newt Gingrich became the front-runner, was like watching a 3-year-old at a birthday party. I kept wondering whether Gingrich would hold it together through the slicing of the cake or collapse in a heap before another sugar infusion sent him reeling.
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