fully 83% of South Dakota Tea Party supporters said they would prefer to “leave alone” or “increase” Social Security benefits, while 78% opposed cuts to Medicare prescription drug coverage, and 79% opposed cuts in Medicare payments to physicians and hosp

William Kristol, who's been leading a charge for Rick Santorum for days, summarizes edgily a complaint others have made about Mitt Romney's campaign: The Romney campaign often gives the impression that it thinks Republican primary voters are really stupi

This time there are no excuses. No one can say there was no warning. In a speech delivered last week during mosque prayers, and which was broadcast to the nation, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Iran would support any attack on I

William Kristol is an editor of The Weekly Standard. Was Tuesday Super Tuesday? Only three states had contests, and one was a beauty primary commanding no delegates. On the other hand, it was the first day in which there were races in more than one state

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum talks with members of the media during a campaign event held on Feb. 8, 2012 in McKinney, Texas. Rick Santorum swept all three Republican voting contests last night in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Repu

The two developments may not be coincidental. Mr. Santorum – who clobbered Mitt Romney in all three Republican nominating contests Tuesday – is the biggest culture warrior in the 2012 presidential race. And the most incendiary social issues have lately c