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Future Convention Planners, Be Warned 26 Aug 2012 | 04:07 am
With Tropical Storm Isaac threatening the Gulf Coast, Republican Party officials said Saturday they will postpone convention activities originally scheduled for Monday in Tampa. It is the second strai...
The Conversation On Guns That Never Happened 24 Aug 2012 | 11:08 pm
A disgruntled former employee of an apparel company shot and killed a one-time co-worker and wounded nine others near the Empire State Building in New York on Friday. It was the third mass shooting in...
Debunking the Not-So-Swift Swiftboaters 23 Aug 2012 | 08:18 pm
I think it's fair to say, with at least two big data points now in front of us (John Kerry in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2012; one could also throw in Bill Clinton, 1992 and 1996), that the Swiftboating...
Campaign Ads in 2012 Gone Retro 22 Aug 2012 | 11:18 pm
Wasn't this supposed to be the "it's the economy, stupid'' campaign? Yet blasts-from-the-past issues are increasingly popping up out of left field in the 2012 race. Republican Mitt Romney has been ai...
GOP Platform Could Boost Attacks on Romney's Abortion Stance 21 Aug 2012 | 06:11 pm
Republican Mitt Romney's campaign has been frustrated that President Obama has mischaracterized his position on abortion in several television ads. The spots say Romney backed a law that would outlaw ...
Newsweek: The Whiff Factor 21 Aug 2012 | 06:05 am
Once upon a time Newsweek magazine had, arguably, the best political coverage in the business (full disclosure: I'm a former staffer). Stocked with star reporters, columnists and writers, it blanketed...
Don't Forget: McCaskill Wanted to Face Akin 21 Aug 2012 | 03:12 am
Lost amid the exploding controversy over Missouri Republican Rep. Todd Akin's claims about "legitimate rape" is one of the reasons that Akin is the Republican Senate standard-bearer in the first place...
Is Todd Akin Toast In Missouri? 20 Aug 2012 | 06:17 am
There's been much heated commentary over Missouri Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP's Senate nominee, and his comments on a Missouri television station saying "legitimate rape" rarely resulted in pregnancy. He...
The GOP Counter-Argument On Medicare 18 Aug 2012 | 02:07 am
By picking Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney is betting that the electorate's view of entitlements has changed in their favor this year. His campaign has been making the case that by having a...
Running Mates Gone Wild 17 Aug 2012 | 07:45 am
The conventional wisdom that has long dictated vice presidential politicking can be boiled down to a pair of hard and fast rules. Number One: do no harm. Number Two: never allow the bottom of the tick...
