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Public Policy Polling surveyed Iowa voters on potential Republican 2012 presidential candidates and found former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with a twelve-point

No one likes to lose. But losing represents a chance to start again, to build something out of lessons learned and mistakes made. It provides the opportunity for new people to begin to mold the Republican Party in ways that senior leadership had resisted.

Here are more photos (see round one here) from the Code Red rally against health care reform that shook the upper Senate Park this afternoon.

Following news that world leaders had reached a climate deal, President Obama just held a press conference in Copenhagen, calling the agreement an important

Not Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) if he can help it. As Mike flagged yesterday, Waxman, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,

I’ve heard several times that we shouldn’t count out Gov. Sarah Palin as a national political force because she brings out tens of thousands of people to her

Now, the Democrats’ big dog: Jim Webb, the streetfighting Marine from Virginia. He started out by casually remarking that his son was in Anbar in 2006 for the

The Christian Science Monitor carries an interview with an anonymous and recently retired senior Pakistani intelligence official, who tells us to expect more

Harry Shearer plans to buy up all the comedic talent in the world, one jokester at a time.

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Stacy McCain reports on a new Zogby poll that, according to John Zogby, puts the president’s approval rating at about 50-50. This has got to scare Democrats

Here’s more video from the front end of today’s red alert anti-health care reform protest -- a lengthy first crack at a Tea Party version of The Twelve Days

While costly, the ship was the linchpin in the sea service’s advanced strategy to patrol and fight in the most dangerous shallow sea lanes, known as littorals. Think Iraq’s national waters, where the country’s two oil terminals are located. But the Navy suddenly killed the weapon program. The explanation has pleased no one -- especially Congress.

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) In an order filed yesterday in a U.S.

This might qualify as evidence that there is a God, and he (or she) has a sense of humor. From The New York Post’s Page Six: lthough we didn’t think it

Yesterday I reported on a 501c4’s attack ad targeting Democratic members of Congress over warrantless surveillance. But here’s something strange: the ad is very

I guess the folks at AIG, the insurance company that has gotten tens of billions of dollars from the government to keep it afloat, didn’t listen very closely

My understanding is that around 2:00 or 2:30 p.m. today, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) are going to introduce their bill providing aid

From Beijing, President Obama says that his imminent announcement of refined Afghanistan strategy will contain some very important details: “I am very

President Obama and his family will travel to Florida on Saturday to spend some time at Panama City Beach. The vacation comes as tourism in the Gulf is down

Tax cuts are generally less stimulative than spending measures, but among tax cuts, a holiday or slashing of the payroll tax is one of the best options, the