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In Montana, where the state legislature all but repealed the state’s medical marijuana laws this spring, the court battle has begun –as has the battle for public opinion . The Montana Cannabis Industry Association filed suit to block implementation of the law. Now, the state has responded with court filings of its own.

A nationwide poll conducted following the entrance of Texas Gov. Rick Perry into the presidential race knocked Mitt Romney from the top spot and pushed back against U.S.

Ben Smith notes that the infamous Paul Shanklin CD that Republican National Committee chairman candidate Chip Saltsman sent around to committee members — the

As President Bush gets set today to announce his plan for reforming the financial markets, critics already are weighing in to say the proposals don’t amount to

2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Would-be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney edged his opponent Rick Santorum by a hair during the Iowa caucuses — defeating him by only eight votes. The Republican Party has deemed it the closest-ever margin of victory in a Republican presidential contest. From CNN : Ron Paul finished a close third, according to the state GOP

The Obama administration released today its latest estimate of the economic cost of its moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. And the numbers

On a McCain campaign conference call with reporters today, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani used a leading question about Sen. Barack Obama’s work with

On Sean Hannity’s program Monday night, pollster Frank Luntz hosted a focus group of Iowa Republican caucus-goers, gauging their reaction of President Barack Obama’s Sunday afternoon interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. After a question by O’Reilly about the Muslim Brotherhood’s role in transitioning a government for Egypt, Luntz began to ask the Iowa Republicans why the meters showed them all having such a negative reaction to Obama’s answers . One woman said she believed the president’s religious convictions guide his policies.

<p>With all eyes on Saturday&rsquo;s caucuses in Nevada, the LA Times <a

Papers have reportedly been filed for a new corporation to cash in on her fame with myriad money-making projects. One is Black Ice, a consulting firm specializing in personal vendettas.

World leaders in Copenhagen have reached a climate deal, albeit one that leaves many questions unresolved, The New York Times reports. The breakthrough

Paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific is pushing back against claims made by protectors of the Ouachita River along the Arkansas-Louisiana state line that have

On the heels of a decisive victory in South Carolina, Sen. Barack Obama heads into Super-duper Tuesday as a surprisingly strong challenger to the

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has spent the past few weeks trying to curry favor with a slew of conservative religious figures, some so extreme they’ve been labeled “hate groups” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He’s gone public about his plan to reinstate of the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian servicemembers if elected president and claimed that America was founded “under God.” While Pawlenty has always been a social conservative, he hasn’t worn it on his sleeve this prominently.

Kevin Hassett, writing for Bloomberg, comes up with what he probably thinks is a clever column theme. Imagine that some hypothetical enemy state spent years

From The Hill: According to the Federal Election Commission, Lieberman’s 2006 reelection campaign and its treasurer, Lynn Fusco, made payments to

The appointment of Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) is being heralded by progressives as a return to negotiated disarmament accords.

Remember the Center for a New American Security, the counterinsurgent-heavy defense think tank that used to be run by Michele Flournoy and Kurt Campbell before

And we’re off. Here’s President Obama at the National Archives, talking in broad themes about what comes after Guantanamo Bay. Chris Matthews points out that

Patience worn thin, gay activists are organizing a boycott of the DNC. National Review puts Krauthammer on a pedestal. Pro-choice Dems promise a

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is in Kabul today and will travel on to Pakistan to discuss his hugely-and-needlessly-controversial $7.5