Gallup has Obama at 43% and UE at 9%, an uptick from last month. His bounce from fake employment numbers is over. I am going out on a limb and predicting that Santorum has had his two seconds of fame. He will lose MI andArizona Can’t I analyze the electi

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How did American conservatism end up so detached from, indeed at odds with, facts and rationality? For decades the G.O

The forbidden becomes tolerated. The tolerated becomes subsidized. The subsidized becomes mandatory. That’s the fifty year history of contraception, from Estelle Griswold to Kathleen Sebelius. It’s a case study in how liberal evolution works. An initial

Just a few months ago, FOX News reported on polling data which suggested that "[i]f Americans could cast a 'confidence' vote in the style of European parliaments, President Barack Obama would not fare well. A 56-percent majority would give his administra

Amy Contrada Old news? Yes — and Mitt Romney hopes it will be ignored or forgotten. How does Romney manage to bury his past political sins? With a lot of help from his former critics — including Governor Huckabee — who seem to suffer from amnesia. But wh

(AP) The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: “black.” For this group — some descende

Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black." For this group - som

The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the s

Dr. Alan Keyes – Reagan Statesman, Constitutional Scholar – Staunch Conservative – Stead-fast Christian – Defender of the unborn, the newborn and the elderly — telling it like it is about our current “President” and how he should not be the POTUS by the

An impressive turnaround by the RNC rapid response team to the awkward exchange Katie highlighted this morning. Aside from giving this story more oxygen, Republican researchers also dug up a relevant statistic, which is showcased just after the one minut

Will Mitt Romney be able to get under President Obama's skin the way Gov. Jan Brewer says she did? Will Mitt Romney be able to get under President Obama's skin the way Gov. Jan Brewer says she did? With Mitt Romney poised to win the Florida Republican pr

With Mitt Romney poised to win the Florida Republican primary, and maybe by a significant margin if the latest polls are correct, it's worth asking: how did the former Massachusetts governor manage to stop Newt Gingrich's surge coming out of South Caroli

The winner of Florida's Republican prim

Couple of months ago, Newt Gingrich was saying confidently that he would be the nominee. Then he “imploded,” as everyone said. Then he rocketed back up. Now he looks confident again — like a front-runner. I say this in my debate Impromptus today. I disag

Adam Graham Dear Fellow Conservatives, There is a time when it is time, to put aside what Speaker Gingrich's aide once called "tweets and trivia" and to lay out our concerns in a rational way. I write this as a supporter of Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)

Michael Tomasky in the Daily Beast muses on the appeal of Newt Gingrich: Conservatives want...someone who can stand on a stage with Obama and say, “You are our nightmare. You are the destroyer. You are the un-American and the anti-Christ, and I smite you

But he might as well have been singing to the Republican Party. The president couldn’t have asked for better results in South Carolina. Now Romney will be dragged through even more mud—or, better yet, lose to the delusional Gingrich, Haraz N. Ghanbari /

Back in 2008 we were supposed to believe Mitt Romney’s repeated declarations that he was pro-life and a staunch defender of the God endowed family. We were supposed to accept the notion that he was a “conservative” champion of limited government and fisc