RNC Chair Reince Priebus and his team reached out to more than 50,000 Americans to find out why they lost the last election. The big takeaway from the resulting report? It's time to rebrand and remarket. Read More
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Gingrich-Santorum 2012? The secret ‘unity’ ticket that almost was
How Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum nearly joined forces for a unity ticket that could have changed history. Read More
Dying vet to Bush, Cheney: ‘My day of reckoning is upon me. Yours will come’
Tomas Young writes, "You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes..." Read More
Campbell Brown: ‘Breast milk flying everywhere,’ – How do you lean in?
'I’m sitting in a dirty closet on the floor behind the auditorium where this debate is taking place between Obama, Hillary Clinton and I’m pumping breast milk…twenty minutes before I’m going on," Brown said.'How do you lean in at that moment?' Read More
Steele: How can GOP reach minorities when its policies are seen as racist?
"How does Reince Priebus reconcile his approach and his agreement with voter registration policies that many in the black community view as anti-black, racist?" Michael Steele asks. Read More
Scarborough to pols: ‘Lots of luck explaining’ your vote against background checks
"But if you're a Republican and you're voting against something that 92 percent of Americans support? Lots of luck.... Lots of luck explaining that on the campaign trail. I hope you and Wayne LaPierre enjoy your time outside of public service," says Scarborough on Morning Joe. Read More
Former CBO director: Why too much debt means too little growth
"All you've got to do is look at the historical record and countries get too much debt grow slower than countries who look the same, and have the same approach to economic policy, but have less debt," says former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin Read More
Voter ID law takes effect in South Carolina special election
Tuesday's South Carolina special election primary is a first: Under the state's new voter ID law, all voters are now required to show photo identification at the polls. And with 18 candidates on the ballot--including once-disgraced Former Gov. Mark Sanford and celebrity sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch--every vote counts. Read More
Joe Scarborough: People across the political spectrum still oppose gay marriage
Although a growing number of politicians and registered voters recently stated their support for marriage equality, there are people along the political spectrum who are against legalizing the issue. Read More
RNC report: GOP ‘must embrace’ and ‘champion’ immigration reform
The RNC’s “Growth and Opportunity Project”—a self-assessment of the GOP’s 2012 performance, released Monday—diagnoses the party with a dire messaging problem. But the surprising news from the Republican report? It supports comprehensive immigration reform. Read More
Report: Healthy students are better students
Children who are physically active and well-nourished have better memory and perform more efficiently on standardized exams than students who do not follow a balanced diet. Read More
Michigan governor defends Emergency Manager power grab: I’m the elected official responsible
"The first step is getting boots on the ground," Detroit's new Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said on Friday's Morning Joe. Orr, who was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday, said he views the citizens of Michigans as his "customers" whom he needs to help immediately. Read More
Sen. Rob Portman ‘wrestled’ with decision
Two years ago, Republican Sen. Rob Portman's son told him he was gay. On Friday, the conservative from Ohio, who was once on Mitt Romney's shortlist for a running mate, reversed his anti-gay-marriage position. Read More
Barney Frank: Cutting military spending isn’t a radical idea
As long as Barney Frank has advocated cutting military spending, he’s been criticized for it. But he’s not the only one who sees the merit in the unpopular budget fix. Read More
Think the NRA is controlled by gun makers? Think again
Bloomberg Businessweek debunks the biggest myth about the NRA: that they're working for the gun makers. Read More
Pope Francis’ mission: Refocusing on what Catholicism is really about
I have never been anywhere in the world, working, writing a newspaper column, from distant, sometime dangerous places like Cambodia, Vietnam, Northern Ireland… Read More
‘Show people the good and kind Catholic Church that I love’
Now that we have a new Pope, I hope that he will open the Church's doors, says Mika Brzezinksi Read More
An excerpt from Rita Moreno’s “Rita Moreno: A Memoir”
An excerpt from Rita Moreno's "Rita Moreno: A Memoir" Read More
Paul Ryan suggests Obama ‘charm offensive’ could be poll driven
Congressman Paul Ryan, the former running mate of Mitt Romney, is questioning the sincerity of President Obama's overtures to GOP legislators in recent weeks. Read More
An excerpt from Lanny Davis’ “Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life”
An excerpt from Lanny Davis' "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life" Read More



