Even Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Issa and some other Republicans appear to be over-playing their hand trying to implicate Obama in the IRS scandal. Read More
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Let me start: A political Renaissance
8:44 AM on 5/8/2013
Mark Sanford completed his political redemption Tuesday night as he throttled Democratic challenger Elizabeth Colbert Busch in the special election for the seat South Carolina's First Congressional District. This and other political stories that are driving our day. Read More
Can Democrats buck history in the 2014 midterm elections?
9:33 AM on 5/4/2013
History suggests the 2014 midterm elections will be a losing endeavor for President Obama's Democratic party. Read More
GOP targets sex education for teens
11:41 AM on 4/3/2013
Despite the "reboot" effort Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus talked about following his party's crushing electoral losses in November, that message of change doesn't seem to be resonating. Read More
Rush Limbaugh on gay marriage: ‘This is going to happen’
10:04 AM on 3/29/2013
Forget the polls. Forget the heavily scrutinized words of Supreme Court justices. You know the tide on gay marriage in this country has turned when Rush Limbaugh has resigned himself to the idea of its inevitability. Read More
A Gingrich-Santorum ticket?…Yeah, that almost happened
11:25 AM on 3/23/2013
Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum almost joined forces to try and derail Mitt Romney's procession to the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. The problem was....the two couldn't agree who would be top dog on the ticket. Read More
Rubio, Paul chart wildly different courses at CPAC
12:01 PM on 3/16/2013
The Republican party has reached a clear fork in the road following their 2012 electoral drubbing. Is it out with the old and in with the new or do they stay the course? Read More
Romney donates to Christie’s reelection campaign, despite CPAC snub
8:48 PM on 2/28/2013
Governor Christie's chumminess with President Obama after Hurricane Sandy may have hurt him with the party's right wing. But to more moderate Republicans, a snub from CPAC is something to be proud of. Read More
Let Me Start: Hagel is confirmed…finally
8:51 AM on 2/27/2013
After weeks of delay and political grandstanding, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel was finally confirmed as Secretary of Defense by a 58-41 vote in the Senate late Tuesday afternoon Read More
Let Me Start: ‘The state of our union is stronger’
9:40 AM on 2/13/2013
The president touched on a number of different issues in his exactly one hour speech, but the crux of his message was focused on the economy, jobs and strengthening the middle class in America. Read More
Weak Tea? 5 Signs the Tea Party is floundering
12:12 PM on 1/31/2013
Here's a breakdown of recent events suggesting an atrophy of the Tea Party's muscles in Republican circles. Read More
Goodbye to the 112th Congress–Will the 113th be any better?
12:55 PM on 1/4/2013
So, what does the ineptitude of the 112th Congress portend for the incoming 113th installment of the U.S. legislative branch? Read More
The story behind Dick Armey’s attempted coup at FreedomWorks
10:47 PM on 12/26/2012
Armey reportedly used an armed aide to stage a coup at the powerhouse grassroots organization FreedomWorks in early September. Read More
Middle Class: The squeeze is on, here’s why
11:23 AM on 11/17/2012
Do you want to know who stole the American dream? Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith explains how and why the middle class squeeze came to be. Read More
Watch this: The killer ad that crushed Romney’s campaign
10:08 PM on 11/12/2012
The anti-Romney ad from a pro-Obama super PAC featured the much sought-after "everyman" delivering a crushing blow to the Republican nominee's past as head of Bain Capital. Read More
