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Mitt Romney delivers in speech on the biggest night of his political life

On the biggest night of his political life, Mitt Romney delivered. His address accepting the Republican nomination won’t be long-remembered. It was a workmanlike speech. It didn’t soar, and wasn’t intended to. After the savaging he’s taken from President Obama’s…

Campaign Finance Reform Does Not Equal Censorship

Move upMove down Super PACs and Their Destructive and Divisive Domination of the 2012 Presidential Campaign Doug Schoen Contributor The 2012 Presidential Campaign Debate Should Be About The Future, Not Bain Capital Doug Schoen Contributor I would like to respond…

Obama campaign turns to Nixon’s enemies list

The Obama campaign appears to have taken a page from Nixon’s reelection campaign playbook — and is now mounting attacks on private individuals. On April 20, the website KEEPINGGOPHONEST.COM published a post titled “Behind the curtain: A brief history of…

Comeback for Newt or bump in the road for Mitt? SC votes to keep the race going

What do South Carolina’s Republican primary voters, who identify themselves as late decision-makers, conservatives, evangelicals, married women and independents, have in common? They all gave Newt Gingrich a plurality of their support in the all-important “first in the South primary,”…

Blaming the Tea Party? Stop the Political Games

As the deadline for a government slowdown approaches, liberals are leading the charge to blame the budget impasse on the Tea Party movement. This progressive political strategy serves a two-fold objective. First, by assigning responsibility for the failing budget negotiations…

The Government Cannot Protect Us From Every Catastrophe We Face

Tuesday night, in an Oval Office speech to the nation, President Obama took the gloves off. He lashed out at BP over the monumental oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He vowed that he will make BP pay for…

Get Outside Your Box

Pandora is a free Internet “radio station” customized for the individual listener. It bills itself as a “new kind of radio station that plays only the music you like.” The way the Web site works is that you enter a…