Jonathan Martin

Jonathan Martin on the results of Saturday's Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, Tuesday's Michigan contest, and the state of the campaigns.

There’s a widening gap between what political types and regular people care about most.

Donald Trump is having influence in some interesting ways on Key Senate and House races across the country, as he heads to Mexico to discuss what impact of his immigration policy.  

Jelani Cobb, a contributor to The New Yorker, and New York Times' Jonathan Martin explain bipartisan effort to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina's statehouse grounds.

There are more than a dozen possible GOP candidates, but the true campaigning has yet to begin. Jonathan Martin, senior political writer at Politico, analyzes the 2012 Republican presidential field and other political news.

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For many politicians along the Gulf Coast, the oil spill has had an unexpected positive spillover effect – increased exposure and popularity. With the clear exception of BP and its doomed CEO, Tony Hayward, the oil spill has given politicians the opportunity to bond more closely with their constituents along the Gulf Coast.

Politico staff writer Jonathan Martin and WNYC political director Andrea Bernstein weigh in on last night's primaries in Oregon and Kentucky.

Jonathan Martin, staff writer, thepolitico.com; blogs on the 2008 Republican presidential campaign; in Iowa for the debate on today's Republican debate in Iowa

Rick Klein, senior political reporter at ABC news and author of The Note, and Jonathan Martin, senior political writer at Politico, talk about how the presidential candidates will be affected by their stand on war funding.