Dec 6, 2011 – But this year, after watching Gingrich at Republican presidential debates, she sees him as a different man -- and the best candidate … The attacks that dredge up old stuff -- for example, the Democratic ethics charges from 16 years ago -- will likely go nowhere. … I was the leader of the conservative Republicans fighting with a liberal Democratic president.…

Dec 6, 2011 – In the most recent GOP Presidential debate on foreign policy, immigration policy created the biggest hubbub. … All GOP candidates are missing one vital element to modern immigration, that being assimilation. … The Democratic Party is the party of “multiculturalism, mass immigration and the mortgage crisis”.…

Dec 6, 2011 – With Herman Cain's announcement that he was suspending his presidential campaign because of the charges of sexual harassment and … This certainly seems to be the case with regard to presidential candidates. … Has it given moral acuity to the man who wrote a book equating democratic Israel with apartheid South Africa?…

Dec 5, 2011 – , and compared it to coverage of the Democratic presidential primary candidates over the same period in 2007." … By contrast, Democratic candidates’ faith was brought up only 19 times in the same period of the 2008 election cycle.”The summary also … If religious beliefs are so important for candidates in 2011, what accounts for the paucity of such stories during the Democratic primary…

Dec 5, 2011 – Additionally, many of the adherents of the Democratic party are used to following orders. … Gingrich is the latest in a series of candidates that have captivated the Tea Party. … Exactly what is wrong with trying on different candidates for size and seeing if you like them or not?…

Dec 2, 2011 – What's more, candidates supported by the ultra-religious Salafi sect have won nearly 25 percent of the parliamentary seats so far, … Democratic nations depend on democratic values and institutions: the rule of law; due process; a respect for women and minorities; … Americans have a hard enough time focusing on our own elections this early in the presidential cycle.…

Nov 29, 2011 – As Katie reported yesterday, the Wasserman-Schultz led, Obama campaign-directed Democratic National Committee is test driving one … of its first direct attacks on a GOP presidential candidate this week.  … (Which isn't to say that various GOP candidates haven't done a fine job at demolishing themselves).…

Nov 29, 2011 – The GOP presidential nomination process is a roller-coaster ride -- sometimes uplifting, other times discouraging, but we press forward … That's why the grass-roots tea party phenomenon sprouted, and it's why there is so much scrutiny of the GOP candidates. … So we have a few fine candidates who are getting no traction, a few who are strong conservatives with perceived substantive weaknesses…

Nov 29, 2011 – The whole relationship is about their needs (the Democratic Party)—not mine.” … Most blacks ignore their convictions about life and family and vote for candidates committed to views they opposed. … The optimum 2012 presidential race would be to have 2 black men on the ballot.…

Nov 28, 2011 – Massachusetts lost one Congressional seat in reapportionment; two sitting members from the state's 100 percent Democratic House delegation … Here's just one example:   In a third blockbuster scandal, Massachusetts Democratic Rep. … candidates.…

Dec 16, 2011 – Republicans are usually in favor of tax cuts and Democrats generally oppose them, except when there is a Democratic special interest … The Republican presidential candidates are split over it; Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul support the extension, while Michele…

Dec 16, 2011 – One at a time, each Republican presidential hopeful took the stage alone to field questions from the attorneys general of Oklahoma, … Here are some highlights of the philosophies shared by the candidates, in order of their appearance: Newt Gingrich: On the subject … The cornerstone of the Tenth Amendment is being jackhammered by Democratic Party leadership and their agents as an obstacle to their…

Dec 14, 2011 – We are at the point in the presidential election cycle when the campaigns – and their allies – begin to run negative ads. … Paul warned candidates that there would probably come a time when he would recommend the campaign – as he put it – “turn mother’s picture … NCPAC ran ads against incumbent Democratic Senators in states from coast-to-coast.…

Dec 13, 2011 – That is what I tried to do in my last column in examining two questions: Does adultery disqualify a presidential candidate? … The California Democratic Party, spearheaded by a man named Bob Mulholland, whose vocation was to dig up dirt on Republican candidates … The left and the Democratic Party know how to play many social conservatives like the proverbial violin.…

Dec 8, 2011 – Has Barack Obama's Democratic Party given up on winning the votes of the white working class? … Obama carried both these states in 2008, even though Republican presidential candidates had carried Virginia in every election and … For the Democratic Party has not been the party of the white working class for a very long time.…

Dec 7, 2011 – candidates and their religious faith. … more than seven times as often (143 stories to 19 stories) than they had for Democratic challengers in the first ten months of 2007 … NBCs Michael Isikoff exemplified this in July: "In a recent fundraising letter, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann touted her…

Dec 7, 2011 – Smart people can grouse all they want about the supposed zealotry of the tea party or the conservative presidential field (and sometimes … The president -- with the Democratic National Committee -- has hauled in more cash from rent-seeking financial-sector companies than … all Republican candidates combined.…

Dec 7, 2011 – with both Republicans and Democrats, prominent activists hope to organize a credible third party alternative for the upcoming presidential … Elect” has reportedly raised $30 million and secured ballot positions in ten states for its proposed bi-partisan ticket – with a presidential … candidate from one major party, and vice presidential nominee from the other.…

Dec 24, 2011 – While you were distracted by the banal and only marginally important presidential primaries, the lion, Harvard Law School, publicly … Lessig is a leading figure on the social democratic left, the director of the Edmond J. … Lessig is heartsick about how campaign contributions have come so to dominate the attention of candidates and members of Congress that…

Dec 21, 2011 – The 2012 Republican presidential primary campaign has been the most volatile and least predictable campaign in my lifetime. … his strategic firewall. 4) Long Slog Theory – The 2012 Republican primary appears likely to last as long as the 2008 Democratic … An anti-Romney candidate will emerge, likely after South Carolina going into Florida, and I believe those two candidates will battle…

Dec 19, 2011 – Two meaningful red flags before we get to the poll results themselves:  (1) These numbers come from PPP, a Democratic firm whose … Finally Paul leads Romney 29-19 among the 26% of likely voters who have seen one of the candidates in person. … Ron Paul as the Republican Party's presidential nominee is a harrowing prospect to ponder -- not that we'll have to ponder it in any…

Dec 19, 2011 – was an Obama supporter last cycle, they chose to camp out at the president’s re-election headquarters instead of one of the GOP candidates … "This is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. This is about the whole system being against us. … as Lyndon Johnson’s carpet bombing of Cambodia, Obama may soon find out that in terms of destabilizing Pakistan and his own presidential…

Dec 19, 2011 –   It's highly unusual in a presidential debate for two Republican candidates -- the two leading in current national polls … -- to heap praise on a liberal Democratic senator.       … That is also a feature of the Medicare proposals of candidates Romney and Gingrich.      …

Dec 17, 2011 – America — rooted in Democratic Capitalism — defines itself by equality of opportunity. … The electorate, now, seems to have set up the 2012 presidential contest to fight out the very meaning of equality. … The presidential contest of 2012, like 1912, thus presents as a textbook case of populism vs. elitism.…

Jan 5, 2012 – At 81, the longtime Republican then Democratic senator from Pennsylvania opened the other night at the well-named Helium Comedy Club … Senate one year, he mused, "If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates." … Which brings me to the odd man out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination: Ron Paul.…