The Republican Establishment Steps In

Barack Obama in 2009: “You know, a year from now, I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress but there is still going to be some pain out there. If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”

Barack Obama’s best…

Another day, another Republican debate. The race has taken on the shape of a reality TV show; the candidates have been whittled down to a final four who clearly have animosity towards each other. Romney and Gingrich seem to truly hate each other, and they both have a good point; both men …

Newt Gingrich has won the biggest primary prize up for grabs so far. Romney’s win in New Hampshire has been discounted because he’s from neighboring Massachusetts, while poor Rick Santorum’s newly declared victory in Iowa was quickly eclipsed by the news about Rick Perry dropping put of the…

The GOP loves to claim Dr. Marting Luther King as one of their own. But they couldn’t be more antithetical to King’s values and positions, as this debate between Romney and King shows.

The first votes for the 2012 elections have been cast. Clearly the headline from last night is the Santorum surge in the last couple of days, better timed than any of the other candidates who had had their day in the sun. Oh and Mitt Romney eked out about an 8-votes win matching his own…

It’s clear now that Mitt Romney has the GOP nomination in the bag.  But that makes for bad television.   How strange would things have to get for him to lose?

Let me tell you what’s going to happen in the Republican nomination race.  After much bitter recrimination and gnashing of…

The Republican game of musical chairs continues. One thing remains: Mitt Romney has held on to his seat as a leading contender for the nomination in the last four years.

Newt Gingrich’s rise and fall in the past month has several lessons to tell. First, no self-serving candidate would ever…

Bradley Manning is charged with leaking sensitive military information to Wikileaks. He’s currently on trial for his life. The military calls him a traitor, but he seems like a hero.

In…