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Imagining a Gingrich Presidency Retuers

Imagining a Gingrich Presidency

He's confrontational, volatile, and self-aggrandizing -- but those aren't the only reasons his former colleagues fear him becoming leader of the free world.

The Case for Jon Huntsman AP

The Case for Jon Huntsman

Primaries cater to the fringes. But for a general election, a candidate must be more than a political cheerleader for a particular ideology.

A Jolt to Hyper-Partisanship Reuters

A Jolt to Hyper-Partisanship

Upset with polarization, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is calling for a nationwide cutoff of all campaign contributions

How Obama's Recent Speeches Complicate American Foreign Policy Reuters

How Obama's Recent Speeches Complicate American Foreign Policy

The troubling implications for the United States in Egypt, in Libya, and on the Israel-Palestine question

Congress: Missing in Action Wikimedia Commons

Congress: Missing in Action

Congress' silent acquiescence to President Obama's authorization of force in Libya highlights a growing problem for American constitutional government

Obama's False Premises for War Reuters

Obama's False Premises for War

The president assumed authority for the Libyan adventure without permission from Congress, which is more brazen than Bush's march into Iraq

Don't Gloat Over Lieberman's Exit Getty Images

Don't Gloat Over Lieberman's Exit

He may be too preachy for some tastes, but the Senator decided issues based on their merits, not party dictates

Don't Blame the Tea Party

Don't Blame the Tea Party

Democrats are expected to lose big in the coming election. Who is really responsible?

Tone Deaf at the White House dionhinchcliffe/flickr

Tone Deaf at the White House

A recent edition of the Washington Post shows just how out of touch the Obama administration has become

Our Undemocracy Quayle for Congress/flickr

Our Undemocracy

The recent primaries have shown how a democracy can breed unpopular leaders, opposed by the majority of their constituency

Not Stan the Man Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Not Stan the Man

McChrystal was wrong in failing to understand why the Constitution provides for a single top commander

The Difference Between Business and Government megwhitman2010/flickr

The Difference Between Business and Government

Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina use their private sector success as proof they'd be good public servants. Why they should stop.

The Cleansing Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images

The Cleansing

Conservatives demand mindless conformity, driving independent thinkers from their ranks

An Embarrassment Mark Wilson/Getty Images

An Embarrassment

Republican congressmen who rallied health care protesters during the debate insulted the dignity of American democracy

Not Believing in America Shaun Heasley/Getty Images

Not Believing in America

What does America mean to Liz Cheney and William Kristol?

Michael Steele's Leadership Challenge Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Michael Steele's Leadership Challenge

Steele must prove himself and fire the finance chiefs who cooked up the RNC's leaked fundraising campaign

The Message from Texas Wikimedia Commons

The Message from Texas

Neither party should get too smug about Gov. Rick Perry's primary win

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