What Would Romney Have ...

Greg Sargent, Washington Post Mitt Romney’s interview with Town Hall is getting a lot of attention over his repudiation of that super PAC’s plan to revive Jeremiah Wright, but now that the full transcript is available, there’s another Romney quote...

The GOP’s Dead-En...

David Moberg, In These Times Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan at a rally April 3 in Milwaukee.President Barack Obama should expose Mitt Romney’s ‘marvelous’ budget baggage.Ryan and Romney say they want to reduce the deficit,...

Robert Caro’s Fix...

Claude Marx, RealClearBooks Often when one is about to read the umpteenth biography of a prominent figure there is the temptation to think of the phrase "everything that can be said has been, though not everyone has said it.'' That's definitely not the case with the...

Drop Murder Charge Agai...

Alan Dershowitz, NYDN A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury on the day after the fatal shooting. If this evidence turns out to be valid, the...

Slamming Wright Is Atta...

Chris Matthews, Hardball That was his tribute to Black History Month? Whacking at the guy for his minister. Whacking at him for his philosophy and his religion? What, he was allowed to do it in February? And now he's declaring this, 'oh, we don't attack each others...

Wright Distracts From O...

John Podhoretz, NY Post Yesterday’s breathless campaign hysteria arose out of a not-really-much-of-a-scoop from the broadsheet across town: A rich guy in Omaha wants to spend a lot of money defeating Barack Obama.Stop the presses. Eek.Said rich guy sought the advice of a...

Did Obama Tell People H...

Erick Erickson, Red State The Breitbart Crew has done the world a very valuable service in finding a 1991 biography of Barack Obama from his literary agent claiming he was "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."Our own Jeff Emanuel also pointed out a 2004...

Obama Ending Black Bigo...

Aisha Moodie-Mills, Atlantic Since President Obama declared his support for marriage equality last week, many politicos (including myself) have speculated about whether black voters, who are divided on the issue, will abandon him. The consensus among gay rights supporters and foes alike...

Greece Must Go – ...

Nouriel Roubini, Slate The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: It is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default on its debt and exit the eurozone. Postponing the exit until after the June election with a new government committed to a variant of the...

For Dems, Bush Is to Bl...

Byron York, DC Examiner In the early days of the Obama administration, a lot of people, including some Republicans, weren't much bothered by the new president's tendency to blame his predecessor for the nation's problems. After all, Barack Obama did inherit a mess from...