Dick Polman's American Debate

We've moved! The "American Debate" blog can now be found at this address : http://go.philly.com/polman ------- If we all weren...

Six weeks of bowling and Bittergate and Pastorgate and nonexistent Bosnian snipers....and for what? The Pennsylvania results have essentiall...

"So whattaya think?" I'm getting that question a lot, as Pennsylvania Democrats - old and new - head to the polls today in exp...

I'm doing an online lunch-hour chat for The Washington Post at noon EST Tuesday, as guest chatterer, talking about the Pennsylvania pri...

Whatever happens in the Pennsylvania primary tomorrow night, rest assured that Hillary Clinton’s spinmeisters will have it covered. Here’s a...

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this special announcement : This blog is being moved to a new platform, with a...

Just how bad was Barack Obama's debate performance last night? Not as bad as Britney Spears' song-and-dance routine at the MTV Awar...

Focusing on his real audience - the unpledged Democratic superdelegates, and the independent voters who will ultimately swing the November e...