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Experts say Colorado could be the state that tips the 2012 presidential election. “It will be hard to win a close election without winning Colorado,” said Colorado College political science professor Bob Loevy. It’s not just local political observers who think Colorado will be key In a front page story today, The New York Times reports that Obama’s hopes for a second term may come down to Colorado and a couple of other states.

Gov. Rick Perry has been drawing fire for weeks from activists, watchdog groups and some churches, for partnering with the American Family Association for

A proposed overhaul of the two-decades-old teacher evaluation system in Houston that includes the controversial “valued-added” metric has been approved by

The vote was 244 to 188, with no Republicans supporting the bill. Repeat: Zero Republicans voted for the bill. That, of course, means that all the efforts

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren last night that he plans to push a constitutional amendment to remove birthright citizenship

The U.S. House Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure that repeals part of the year-old Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and would, among

Courtesy of a Republican congressman, quoted by The Associated Press’s Deb Reichmann: Even Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is

Activists who plan to take over the Michigan Capitol late Tuesday afternoon say while the move may appear aggressive it is really just an “expression of free speech,” and a move meant to keep “the people’s house” open.

Though a 2012 referendum to reverse Maine’s 2009 same-sex-marriage repeal is not yet official, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has already

Regulation is like a four-letter word, said one former Labor Department official.

Laura Rozen is hearing that former Bush 41/Clinton administration peace processor Dennis Ross is, as expected, getting the job as special envoy to Iran. Though

The Minnesota Independent’s Andy Birkey reports that everybody’s favorite congresswoman, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), might have to fend off a challenger

My colleague Matt DeLong caught Sen. John McCain’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and passed along a quick discussion about the U.S.-Iraq basing deal that

When was the last time you heard a politician campaign on promises of cutting government waste? When was the last time those promises turned out to be empty

Mortgage Insider tells the sad tale of an 85-year-old widow, living alone with no surviving family members to turn to, who is about to lose her home. Rita

With the 2012 GOP presidential field wide open, it’s only natural that the eyes of some Republican strategists would turn to the popular governor of a state

Conservative Christian site LifeNews.com has announced that Ryan Bomberger, head of the controversial Radiance Foundation, will join the site as a contributing blogger. Former Planned Parenthood director turned anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson was also recently named a contributing blogger for the site. # From an article detailing Bomberger’s new position: # As a respected pro-life activist Bomberger is taking his campaign of re-establishing the notion that “Life has purpose” to a new platform: the LifeNews.com pro-life news service.

So much for the dithering critique. Here is a statement just released by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, expressing

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel isn’t exactly known for his indulgence of political opponents. Still, his recent interview with The Wall Street Journal,

Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders emerged from more than three hours of negotiations Thursday with the “framework” of a budget deal that would end the state’s 14-day-old government shutdown.