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McCain calls for air strikes against Syria’s Assad

03/05/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Sen. John McCain on Monday became the first U.S. lawmaker to call for air strikes against the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, putting the influential Arizona Republican in front of the Obama administration in calling for American troop involvement…

C’mon America, we’re bigger than our partisan divide — what Olympia Snowe’s departure tells us

03/01/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Tuesday’s retirement announcement by Olympia Snowe – who said that she was quitting because she was frustrated “that an atmosphere of polarization and ‘my way or the highway’ ideologies has become pervasive in campaigns and in our governing institutions” –…

Key Senators Say Drones Should Document Assad Regime Attacks on Civilians

02/24/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
As diplomats attend a critical meeting in Tunisia to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of attacks by his regime forces on his own people, a key group of U.S. senators suggested Friday that unmanned…

Small Business to Obama: Tax Plan Needs Rate Reform

Published on Foxnews.com
The Obama administration’s proposal for corporate tax reform ignores what matters most to small businesses, a coalition of small-business advocacy groups says. While the overall plan is sound, critics acknowledge, it overlooks the fundamental need for rate reform. “The idea…

The 2012 presidential race is slipping away from Republicans

02/14/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
AP Feb. 14, 2012: President Obama speaks about extending the payroll tax cut at the White House. The Republican Party remains in a state of chaos — facing the increasingly realistic possibility of the first “brokered” convention in more than…

Casino Democracy: The Curious Case of President Obama and the Mexican Fugitive

02/07/2012 Published on Forbes
The New York Times reported today that President Obama’s campaign would be returning over $200,000 in campaign contributions from family members of Pepe Cardona, a Mexican casino kingpin who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States. Cardona’s brothers,…

People are accepting hard choices. Congress must debate.

02/06/2012 Published on MedCity News
The Republican primary in Florida brought discussions of healthcare, particularly Medicare, back to the forefront of the national discourse. With its sizeable senior population, Medicare and Social Security were top of mind to Florida voters. It is certainly important that…

GOP voters still searching for Mr. Right — Romney, Gingrich, Santorum and Paul have work to do

02/01/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
The most important takeaway from Tuesday night’s Florida primary results is that with nearly 4-in-10 (38%) of primary voters saying that they are not satisfied with any of the GOP candidates, all four contenders have a lot work to do…

Beyond Florida

01/30/2012
Mitt Romney is now almost certain to win a commanding victory tomorrow night in the Florida primary – most likely by double digits. The latest NBC News/Marist poll shows Romney with a wide lead among likely Republican Primary voters in…

Four More Years! ….of Gridlock

01/25/2012
President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night was an artful demonstration of the politics of demonization, but one that lacked any effort to build consensus, conciliation, or a real plan for the future. Notwithstanding President Obama’s lofty rhetoric…