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While Rick Perry seems to take it in the shorts from both the right and the left on any given day, he has quickly become one of the frontrunners for the GOP nomination for president. If he makes it, he will have one group to thank as much as any other–Latino voters.

One day after the Department of Homeland Security announced record-high deportations of illegal immigrants, ColorLines has a good story about some of the

Danny Tarkanian, one of the GOP challengers who’s leading Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in the polls, has put together a web video that remembers Ronald Reagan’s

The tobacco industry is fighting a lonely battle against health insurance for poor kids. A coalition of tobacco industry groups ran a full-page ad in the

Just before 3 p.m. Central Standard Time on Thursday, Fox News removed a controversial article linking a student suicide with President Barack Obama ‘s Wednesday afternoon speech on deficit reduction

Third-party candidates face dizzyingly steep odds of ever claiming the presidency, which accounts in part for all the criticism that was unleashed on Thomas

Today, J.P. Morgan Chase revealed that it made a third-quarter profit of $4.4 billion, despite dwindling revenues. The bank set aside far less money -- $6.6

Here are two coinciding stories that indicate just how far removed public opinion is from economic reality. (1) The Democrats’ $787 billion economic stimulus

Yesterday we ran a post raising a red flag on Rep. Tom Davis’s (R-Va.) claim that his new, seven-figure consulting gig is not representative of the revolving

Florida resident and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will act as keynote speaker for the controversial anti-abortion group Heroic Media at a Feb.

Yesterday, speaking on the House floor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) suggested an offensive, if creative, form of welfare reform. Via Media Matters’ Political

A new report published by two conservative think tanks argues the cognitive ability of teachers is on average lower than private sector workers with similar

GOP lawmakers won’t be present at the Tea Party rally in Washington today. Blanche Lincoln is still ahead of her Democratic challenger in the Senate

Sea turtles are washing up dead along the Gulf Coast, leading scientists to suspect that the oil spill could be to blame. Brian Skoloff of The Associated Press

After facing a barrage of attacks aired by outside right-wing groups, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) is getting a bit of help in his Senate race in the form of a

Here is an excerpt from my interview with Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a process whereby natural gas is