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 Victory, Looks Presidential and Human: Margaret Carlson
A cardinal rule of politics -- that endorsements are not worth the backslap they come with -- was broken Tuesday night during the Bloomberg-Washington Post debate at Dartmouth College, where Mitt Romney owned the night.
Do Men Have a Problem With Elizabeth Warren?
Some women just bug men. Hillary Clinton did (and still does). Nancy Pelosi, who has replaced Clinton as the Scary Democratic Woman in Republican fundraising appeals, surely does. And now Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has joined the club.
Perry’s Executions Defy Sense and Conscience: Margaret Carlson
The most indelible moment of the recent Republican debates -- even more unnerving than the crowd booing a gay soldier or the eruption of scattered applause in appreciation of the free market ushering a hypothetical patient to his death for lack of insurance -- was Texas Governor Rick Perry’s execution answer.
As Perry Falters Romney Could Be Last Standing: Margaret Carlson
If Texas Governor Rick Perry isn’t the un-Romney that the Republican base craves, who, oh who, will it be?
Light Bulb Saga Illuminates New Republicans: Margaret Carlson
How many Republicans does it take to screw in an energy-efficient light bulb? The answer to that riddle tells us much about the state of the Republican Party in 2011.
Obama Picks a Fight to Define 2012 Election: Margaret Carlson
At least the charade is over. For far too long, President Barack Obama clung to the notion that we can all get along in a bitterly divided capital and nation.
Like Dog Days of Summer, Palin Is Fading Away: Margaret Carlson
Sarah Palin is learning that attention is a depreciating asset. Her latest melodrama revolved around whether she would show up at a Tea Party event in Iowa on Saturday. In the end, she did. Yet that only begged a question: Does anyone, including Republican primary voters, still care?
A Romantic Guide to 2012 Republican Suitors: Margaret Carlson
The Republican Party has been speed dating, racing through presidential prospects like a Hollywood starlet working her way through leading men. The fickleness suggests a party that doesn’t know whether its Tea Party heart or its establishment head should prevail in 2012.
Strauss-Kahn Case Shows Gut Feel Trumps Law: Margaret Carlson
If only we could turn the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case over to the writers of “Law & Order” to provide the order we crave. It violates our sense of justice to have one of our front-page dramas end without a finding of right and wrong.
Obama Vacation Easy to Criticize, Hard to Read: Margaret Carlson
A lot of perks come with being president. You’re whisked here and there so that your feet barely touch ground. Heads of state pay their respects. There’s no such thing as a dropped call. You have parties and someone else cleans up.
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