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The most critical period yet for Mitt Romney

It doesn’t seem like this is the most critical period of the general election campaign, but for Mitt Romney, it probably is.   Mitt Romney has to step up his game quickly. As the protracted GOP primary contest finally winds…

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

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” –…

The 2012 presidential race is slipping away from Republicans

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…

CPAC 2012 — less divisive, more inclusive, than ever!

Correction: Fox News contributor Bernie Goldberg’s comments on February 6 edition of “The O’Reilly Factor” were mischaracterized by author Kevin McCullough in the original version of this piece. The quote used by McCullough should have said, “On the Feb. 6…

UPDATE: Senators Unveil Sequester Repeal, Suggest "Bite-sized" Approach

As promised, a group of senior Republican senators influential on defense policy unveiled a bill Thursday to divert a portion of the $1.2 trillion in mandatory cuts set to take effect in January 2013. “I believe the cuts are a…

President Obama — The Bully In the White House

Throughout his frenetic jobs tour across the West this week, President Obama tried to seize the narrative. Republicans, he told champagne-sipping Hollywood moguls and tech titans, are intolerant bigots, know-nothings and thugs. They’ve made his hair “grayer” and left him…

Five Reasons Why I Believe Texas Governor Rick Perry Will Be Our President In 2013

Current Texas Governor Rick Perry will, in all likelihood, be president of the United States in January of 2013. Having already made that bold statement in the electronic media during appearances on Fox News and on the nationally syndicated Mancow…

Obama 2012 Win a Sure Thing?

For all of my conservative friends who think that Barack Obama will never be re-elected if the economy is still in the doldrums next year, I have three words for you: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was re-elected in 1936 and…

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…