▁national ▁political ▁column ist ▁at ▁WH YY ▁News ▁- ▁why y . org / pol man ▁- ▁and ▁the ▁full - time ▁" Writer ▁in ▁Res idence " ▁at ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Program s ▁in ▁Contempor ary ▁Writing , ▁University ▁of ▁Pennsylvania . ▁ ▁Pol man ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁western ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁studied ▁at ▁George ▁Washington ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁obtained ▁a ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁Public ▁Affairs , ▁foc using ▁on ▁politics ▁and ▁policy , ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁man aging ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁newspaper . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁met ro ▁column ist ▁at ▁The ▁Hart ford ▁Cour ant ▁and , ▁prior ▁to ▁that , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁found ing ▁editor ▁of ▁The ▁Hart ford ▁Adv oc ate ▁before ▁joining ▁The ▁Philadelphia ▁In qu ir er ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁ 2 2 ▁years , ▁most ▁not ably ▁as ▁the ▁national ▁political ▁writer / column ist . ▁He ▁covered ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁United ▁States ▁president ial ▁campaign s . ▁His ▁In qu ir er ▁column ▁ran ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁His ▁current ▁online ▁column ▁at ▁WH YY ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁He ▁is ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁Columbia ▁Journal ism ▁Review ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ' ▁top ▁political ▁rep or ters , ▁and ▁by ▁ABC ▁News