Clint, Rick and the Lim...

E.J. Dionne, The New Republic WASHINGTON — What do Rick Santorum and Clint Eastwood have in common?Sorry Rick, you haven't made it yet as an Eastwood-style make-my-day cultural icon. But in different ways, Santorum and Eastwood have demonstrated the limits of both an entirely...

Why Do Liberal Pundits ...

Michael Meyers, NYDN It’s racial code, we’re told, when Newt Gingrich accuses Barack Obama of being America’s “food stamp President.” It’s an assault on low-income Americans, some pundits insist, when Mitt Romney says...

Lost Lessons of Communi...

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Who Represents American...

Robert Reich, San Francisco Chronicle Robert Reich, © 2012 Robert ReichSunday, February 5, 2012President Obama believes government has a vital role in creating good jobs in America. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich say American businesses will create good jobs here if their taxes are...

Mitt Romney in Context...

Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard Hot Topics: Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.On October 1, 2010, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney described the genius of the American idea and lauded its results. "No nation has done more to lift people out of...

Don’t Buy the &qu...

Matt Duss, Salon When Communist forces took over China in 1949, a debate erupted in U.S. foreign policy circles over “Who lost China?” Amid the growing ferment of the Red Scare, blame was soon affixed to “China hands” in the State Department who,...

Obamanomics vs. Reagano...

Daniel Mitchell, Cato @ Liberty On this day last year, I posted two charts that I developed using the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank’s interactive website.Those two charts showed that the current recovery was very weak compared to the boom of the early 1980s.But perhaps that...

Can Gingrich Close the ...

Patricia Murphy, The Daily Beast Newt Gingrich’s on-again-off-again relationship with female voters swerved into breakup territory Tuesday night, when women in Florida voted for Mitt Romney over Gingrich by a massive 24-point margin. Romney won the women’s vote in the...

The GOP’s "E...

Robert Reich, Salon  (Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke) One of the few things Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on is that President Obama is turning America into "European-style welfare culture."In his standard stump speech Romney charges Obama with creating a...

Romney’s Stunning...

John McCormack, Weekly Standard Hot Topics: Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.Fresh off his big win in Florida Tuesday night, Mitt Romney made the most stunningly stupid remark of his campaign. "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We...