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Gingrich-Santorum 2012: The Only Way to Stop Romney Now Getty Images

Gingrich-Santorum 2012: The Only Way to Stop Romney Now

If the two team up, they can unite the conservative vote, capture the press' attention all week, and beat Romney on Saturday. If not, they're headed home.

It's Not Too Late to Go Negative on Mitt Romney YouTube

It's Not Too Late to Go Negative on Mitt Romney

The GOP front-runner is racing toward a presidential hat trick in South Carolina, and there's only one way to stop him.

Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is AP

Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is

Democrats have repeatedly sought a compromise deal on the debt. Why blame the whole city for Republican intransigence?

How Not to Win the Future

How Not to Win the Future

The White House may be more disciplined this year, but it still doesn't know how to negotiate

What Palin (and Other GOP Leaders) Doesn't Get About Ronald Reagan A.P.

What Palin (and Other GOP Leaders) Doesn't Get About Ronald Reagan

Reagan's real record would repel most of the social and economic conservatives who now deify him

Make the Case, Mr. President Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Make the Case, Mr. President

Obama should use the August recess to streamline his messaging on the economy and on the war in Afghanistan

Florida, the Canary in the Coal Mine Rick Scott/flickr

Florida, the Canary in the Coal Mine

New poll numbers show two wealthy but deeply flawed outsiders leading in the state's gubernatorial and Senate primaries. Is this a sign of what November holds for incumbents?

A Wrong Turn on Climate Change johnnyalive/flickr

A Wrong Turn on Climate Change

Elite Democrats blame a lack of follow-up, Climategate, and health care, and recommend next steps

10 Races to Watch in 2010 Getty Images

10 Races to Watch in 2010

Ohio, California, Nevada, Florida -- the stakes are high going into this year's midterm elections

A New 'Daisy Ad' YouTube.com

A New 'Daisy Ad'

A GOP candidate to replace Pete Hoekstra reworks Lyndon Johnson's "Daisy" ad implying nuclear holocaust were he not re-elected

Can Obama Save the Midterms? Getty Images

Can Obama Save the Midterms?

Advisers debate how the president can intervene most effectively in midterm elections

On the GOP and Cutting Spending MSNBC

On the GOP and Cutting Spending

Republicans need an answer on how they would cut spending

Defending the 'Bailout' freemarketmyass/flickr

Defending the 'Bailout'

Political strategists explain the gap between bailout policy and bailout politics -- and tell incumbents how to defend their TARP votes

The 'Scalia of the Left' Speaks Out on Kagan Hearings

The 'Scalia of the Left' Speaks Out on Kagan Hearings

Legal scholar Pamela Karlan on Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings

The Trouble With Harry Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Trouble With Harry

Despite his Senate status and B-list opponent, Harry Reid is down in the polls. Nevada politicos weigh in on the forces at work.

Scott Brown's Strange Populism Darren McCollester/Getty Images

Scott Brown's Strange Populism

The Massachusetts senator's anti-tax crusade probably won't help the middle class, or the economy

Bill Clinton's Surprise Endorsement in Colorado sskennel/flickr

Bill Clinton's Surprise Endorsement in Colorado

The former president pulled a fast one by endorsing insurgent Andrew Romanoff in his primary race against Democratic Senator Michael Bennet

A Jerry Brown Republican Wikimedia Commons

A Jerry Brown Republican

Why is a controversial Republican consultant known for his anti-immigration past advising California's Democratic candidate for governor?

Political Players: Sen. Alexander Predicts Health Care Repeal Push, Embraces Tea Partiers

The Tennessee Republican talks health care, tea parties with Brian Goldsmith

Political Players: Obama Communications Guru Sees Health Care Passing Before November Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Political Players: Obama Communications Guru Sees Health Care Passing Before November

The Obama communications guru sees health care passing before November

Political Players: Sen. Graham Sees A "Schizophrenic" State of the Union Wikimedia Commons

Political Players: Sen. Graham Sees A "Schizophrenic" State of the Union

The Republican calls Obama's speech schizophrenic, lists 2012 contenders

Political Players : Gov. Strickland Grades Obama Flickr user ronnie44052

Political Players : Gov. Strickland Grades Obama

Gov. Strickland grades Obama

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