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.…

Jan 5, 2012 – The Republican presidential candidates were on a fairly even playing field this year, since most candidates had at least a couple of … Of the Republican presidential candidates, Ron Paul has the most fervent supporters and their efforts paid off, launching him into … He looks presidential and his voice sounds like Ronald Reagan.…

Jan 5, 2012 – If the electorate knows the origins of donations and the direction in which they go, they will know enough about the candidates to … process: Thrust the party bosses aside and let the citizenry vote for the presidential candidates. … The result is that a transient mob -- and sometimes a very small transient mob -- gives us our presidential candidates for the general…

Jan 4, 2012 – After the disastrous 2010 midterms, the GOP’s pickup in NY-9, GOP gains in November’s local elections, and declining nationwide Democratic … It’s common practice to note the “down-ticket” effect of presidential elections, i.e. whether the congressional and senatorial candidates … will be able to ride the coat tails of the party’s presidential nominee to electoral victory.…

Jan 3, 2012 – While republicans hold their Presidential caucuses tonight for 1774 precincts at 806 locations throughout Iowa, the national media … have neglected to talk about the Democratic Party in Iowa, which will also be holding their caucuses tonight. … The Iowa Democratic Party will be caucusing tonight throughout the State, which also includes the same 1774 precincts, with caucus…

Jan 3, 2012 – DAVENPORT, Iowa — A day before Iowans hold the first-in-the-nation nominating contest, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney … The Democratic National Committee has already taken aim at Mr. … Romney in his bid for the nomination in 2008 and while they checked out other candidates this year—Messrs.…

Jan 3, 2012 – The four decade-old tradition will resume this evening as Iowans gather at venues large and small to codify their presidential primary … After a few minutes of procedural business, the captains will move on to the main event: the Presidential Preference Poll.  … threshold, and there is no second-choice realignment vote for candidates with little support. …

Jan 3, 2012 – Because voting is also a citizen’s duty, reasonable conditions must be enacted to safeguard our democratic process. … But some are essentially calling for a truce on economic issues, supporting candidates who stand for traditional values but are not … Social conservatives will overreach if they force voters to choose between the two by insisting on traditionalist candidates who are…

Jan 3, 2012 – It's a time for the candidates, the press and the voters to tell themselves fables. … A few facts: The president got everything he asked for from the Democratic House and Senate in 2009 and 2010. … The Democratic-controlled Senate has failed to pass a budget resolution since April 29, 2009.…

Jan 2, 2012 – Yes, Romney has faults as do all the candidates. We can debate that forever. … He had to pick someone who was a reach as his Vice-Presidential nominee, and she ended up outshining him. … Unfortunately, he raises serious concerns as a Presidential nominee.…

Jan 1, 2012 – emergency legislation to get Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman on the ballot for the presidential … However, after working through different scenarios with Republican and Democratic leaders to attempt to make changes intime for the … , I will not support efforts to apply such changes to the 2012 Presidential election.…