Revised Deportation Policy Focuses On Violent Criminals, National Security Threats
Under new policies, deportation efforts will be concentrated on people who pose a threat to society. It’s a sensible policy, so of course it’s being denounced.
Under new policies, deportation efforts will be concentrated on people who pose a threat to society. It’s a sensible policy, so of course it’s being denounced.
Jon Huntsman just tweeted, “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”
America’s pundits have never met anyone who didn’t think Tim Pawlenty would be a good nominee.
Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.
Rick Perry will need to get past Michele Bachmann before he takes on Mitt Romney. But, really, how hard could it be?
While most of the Republican field was at the Iowa State Fair, Rick Perry was in South Carolina shaking up the field.
The primary calendar is going to look very different next year.
The agenda of the Tea Party movement doesn’t necessarily coincide with what voters say they want from Washington.
I got your broken right here: the presidential nomination process.
After years of becoming more inclusive, the Conservative Political Action Conference is closing itself off to opposing points of view.
Once again, the debt ceiling deal is raising questions about the President’s leadership.
Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.
Even if we adopt the “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan, tax hikes are a necessity.
It won’t go anywhere this year, but after 15 years someone is finally trying to repeal a bad law.
Where is the line on using the White House to further the president’s re-election effort?
How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.
It was a largely fruitless weekend in the debt negotiations.
Tim Pawlenty was the first major Republican to enter the 2012 race. He may well be the first to quit. If so, it may take a while to notice.
More than any other time in the past, the GOP is now firmly under the control of its most conservative members.
What exactly is the GOP trying to accomplish in the debt ceiling negotiations?
Tim Pawlenty’s foreign policy speech shows him siding with the hawks, and joining in the neocon distortion of Reagan’s legacy.
A new Gallup poll discovers something rather obvious, but there’s still a lesson for the GOP.
A victory for marriage equality in the Empire State.
A few Republicans have picked up on John McCain’s criticism of critics of the Libya mission as being “isolationist.”
Talks about a deal to raise the debt ceiling seem pretty close to collapse now that there are no Republicans involved.
For the first time since the end of World War II, the GOP is wrestling with two diametrically opposed visions of foreign affairs.
Contrary to what Senator McCain, seeking realism in military policy does not make one an isolationist.
Mitt Romney sought to clarify his pro-life bona fides yesterday. But, will it matter?
I’ve been arguing for years that what the Republican Party needs is to embrace its crazies and play more to racist elements in its base. It looks like someone’s listening.
A new Gallup poll has “Generic Republican” beating President Obama. Unfortunately, the GOP won’t be able to nominate this anonymous candidate.