As Dust Settles, Voters Cite Campaign's Negativity
Voters were frustrated by a 2012 presidential race they called more negative than usual and more devoid of substantive discussion of issues, according to a survey released Thursday by the Pew Research...
View ArticleFlorida Judge Denies Call For Recount, But Allen West Continues Quest
A Florida judge on Friday denied Republican Rep. Allen West's last-ditch bid for a recount of early-voting ballots in the close and ugly re-election race he is losing to Democrat Patrick Murphy.West's...
View ArticleGOP Push-Back On No-Tax Norquist: Less Than Meets The Eye
A handful of congressional Republicans after finishing their Thanksgiving dinners decided to give anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist the brushoff, saying they wouldn't abide by his "no new taxes" pledge...
View ArticleRoughing Up Rice: GOP Senators Play The Personal And Political
The GOP's roughing up of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, thought to be President Obama's top pick for his second-term secretary of state, brings to mind the last time the Senate rejected a commander in...
View ArticleObama and Boehner Call It Negotiation; The Rest of Us Are Permitted To Laugh
If you're tempted to throw back your head and guffaw when you hear the word "negotiation" linked with "Congress" and "fiscal cliff," please, don't hesitate.Because what you're seeing play out publicly...
View ArticleWho's Behind The Fiscal Cliff Lobbying Effort?
As the White House and Congress continue to wrangle over a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" and its billions in automatic spending cuts and tax increases, we wanted to take a look at who is spending...
View ArticleAdd This Group To Obama's Winning Coalition: 'Religiously Unaffiliated'
The big demographic story out of the 2012 presidential election may have been President Obama's domination of the Hispanic vote, and rightfully so.But as we close the book on the election, it bears...
View ArticleIn Midwest Union Fights, Michigan Shows 2010 Election Still Trumps 2012
No one can argue the setback to organized labor served up by Michigan's new law, which bars unions from requiring workers to pay dues even if they don't join their workplace bargaining unit.Tuesday's...
View Article'Light Doesn't Die': A Sister's Poem For Slain Sandy Hook Teacher
The subject line on the email my old friend Bill sent me two days before Christmas said, simply: "here is a poem emily wrote for her murdered sister lauren."Emily is Bill's daughter. Lauren, his...
View ArticleBidding Adieu To Congressional Trailblazers
The drama over the fiscal cliff and the familiar up-against-a-deadline dysfunction of Congress has largely overshadowed the leave-taking of some Capitol Hill originals.So before the new Congress is...
View ArticleLiberals In A Dither Over Whether Obama Blew It, Or Nailed It
Fiscal cliff week has mercifully ended with a deal done, hurricane relief approved, President Obama vacationing, and both parties bickering internally over what was won — and lost — in the early hours...
View ArticleEmnity And Ennui: Va. Governor's Race Inspiring Both
Most Virginians say they approve of the job that first-term GOP Gov.
View ArticleThe Reselling Of Lance: A Job Too Big Even For Oprah
You may have heard that banned-for-life pro cyclist Lance Armstrong, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, has admitted to doping.You may have heard that he apologized (tearfully, reportedly) to...
View ArticleEven Post-Sandy Hook, Politics Suggest Prospects Dim For Obama's Gun Plan
President Obama's historic plunge Wednesday into the politics and realities of gun control in America has mobilized advocates on both sides of the issue.But though his major proposals, from banning...
View ArticleResolute Rhetoric: Obama's Confident Case For Government
President Barack Hussein Obama, sobered but resolute after four years as the nation's first African-American head of state, began his second term Monday with an ardent defense of government as...
View ArticleStonewall? Explaining Obama's Historic Gay Rights Reference
President Obama made history in his inaugural address when he mentioned Stonewall in the same breath as Selma, the Alabama town considered the birthplace of the black-rights movement, and Seneca Falls,...
View ArticleLifting Boy Scout Ban On Gays: One Legal Perspective
The Boy Scouts of America as early as next week may drop its ban against openly gay members and leaders, just a dozen years after it successfully took its fight to maintain the policy all the way to...
View ArticleLaPierre Fights To Stop The 'Nightmare' Of Background Checks
The halting testimony of former Arizona Rep.
View ArticlePope's Resignation Redefines Papacy, Spurs Talk Of 'Global South' Successor
A worldwide Catholic conversation that many church-watchers say effectively stopped when Benedict XVI was elected pope eight years ago has been rekindled by his announced plan to resign at month's...
View ArticleHow Rubio Spins The Bottle Could Matter Most. Just Ask Bill Clinton
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