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The 2012 hopes of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty have received a major boost with the acquisition of Nick Ayers , 28, a well-respected conservative who formerly led the Republican Governors Association

Something is definitely happening in the Washington-based Iran debate, because there’s a lot to agree with in this Thomas Jocelyn post at The Weekly Standard.

Since the vice presidential debate last week, the McCain campaign has quietly increased Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s availability to the media. Instead of

Apropos of intelligence chief Dennis Blair’s remarkable disclosure, the following statement comes from the American Civil Liberties Union’s Ben Wizner: It is

So says The Hill, which is reporting that the 91-year West Virginia Democrat was released from the hospital Tuesday after more than six weeks of treatment for

Ernest Luning -- of TWI’s sister site, The Colorado Independent -- is on the scene in Denver, where President Obama is set to sign the much-anticipated stimulus

Polls show a solidly, if not overwhelmingly, favorable response to the State of the Union. Nate Silver breaks down Obama’s use of buzzwords, finds

As Matt points out, President George W. Bush announced he wants to see the U.S. start drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and exploring the Arctic National

In theory, 2009 was a bad year for the former presidential nominee. Sen. Kerry (D-Mass.) aggressively auditioned in 2008 for the position of secretary of state,

PHOENIX -- Sen. John McCain paints himself as a pro-veteran’s veteran, but his voting history tells a different story.

Building off former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s rejection of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, Josh Smilovitz at the Israel Policy Forum finds

Greg Sargent has the details of a very conveniently leaked House Democratic memo on tomorrow’s 9/12 Tea Party march on Washington. A top House Dem leadership

Attacks launched by the Obama administration and other Democratic-leaning groups against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Crossroads GPS are translating into

Faced with bipartisan resistance to the idea of releasing any of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay into the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder on

Michelle Obama tells a joke: First lady Michelle Obama called her current life in the White House a very blessed situation, because I have what most

It’s a small gesture, but during a press briefing yesterday on coordinating NATO civilian-military planning with Afghan efforts, Amb. Richard Holbrooke, the

President Obama, speaking at Andrews Air Force Base, just announced his decision to expand the country’s offshore drilling for oil. But his speech sounded