January 23, 2012
In the wake of his 12-point victory in the GOP South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich has pierced Mitt Romney’s mantle of inevitability, but it’s still a long way to the nomination and many senior Republicans are warning that a Gingrich candidacy would mean disaster for the party in November.Please click here to read the full article.
January 18, 2012
For most of the last two decades, Haley Barbour was a model Republican able to appeal to social and fiscal conservatives alike. He led the GOP’s charge against Bill Clinton’s scandals, raised buckets of money for countless conservative causes, and rallied Mississippi back from Hurricane Katrina with little of the drama of neighboring New Orleans. But in his final hours in office as Mississippi governor this month, Barbour tarnished his own legacy as well as the GOP’s law-and-order image with more than 200 pardons, including a dozen convicted murderers, more than a dozen people convicted of manslaughter and homicide, several rapists, and a slew of robbers and drug dealers.Please click here to read the full article.
January 11, 2012
Congressional pages have brought a youthful idealism to the Capitol for two centuries. Now they’re suddenly gone from the House—and some people think it’s a mistake.Please click here to read the full article.
January 6, 2012
A growing controversy in Democratic and pro-Israel circles over U.S. policy toward Israel, the security threat posed by Iran and what some journalists and bloggers are writing about these issues has unleashed a bitter feud involving the Center for American Progress (CAP) and charges and counter-charges about who actually has Israel’s best interests at heart.Please click here to read the full article.
