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Sniping by Perry and Gingrich is opportunistic. But with capitalism in crisis, it reflects a deeper insecurity among conservatives.

Ron Paul

It’s true that Paul has brought important issues to the national debate. It’s also true that he’s a reactionary crank.
 

On key issues pertaining to the economic crisis, voters should expect "razor-thin" differences between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

Once again, the MSM falls for the story of Saul Bellow's "former liberal" son, who specializes in publishing right-wing dreck.

Mitt Romney

Awash in Super PAC money, defined by negative TV ads, degraded by dumbed-down media and poisoned by voter suppression—this is not what democracy looks like.

Ron Paul

He’s against most of what we’re for. What is it with progressive mancrushes on right-wing Republicans?

Republicans in Congress are quietly killing the provisions of Obama’s stimulus act that have kept millions out of poverty.

The driving faith of the GOP has become the notion that the toxic mixture of moral hypocrisy and unfettered greed is a formula for victory.

Blogs

Whatever one thinks of the foreign and domestic policy outcomes of the past two years, it is clear that the Obama administration has stumbled in its ability to tell a compelling story.

April 12, 2011

Fourteen percent of Speaker Boehner’s constituents live below the federal poverty line of $22,400 per year for a family of four. His budget targets these vulnerable people.

April 11, 2011

A tale of journalistic cowardice.

April 10, 2011

By failing to thematically challenge the GOP’s budget, President Obama has made it easier for John Boehner to keep demanding larger and larger spending cuts.

April 8, 2011

Attacks by Republicans on Planned Parenthood during the budget fight illustrate how radical social conservatives still hold the balance of power inside the GOP.

April 8, 2011

Reed Richardson comes up with questions for the Republican presidential debates.

April 7, 2011

A mixture of Republican heartlessness and Democratic cowardice has brought us to the brink of a government shutdown.

April 6, 2011

The deeper purpose behind the pandering is to encourage us all to relax into the stupid.

April 1, 2011

How Commentary and Israel's Six-Day War informed the neoconservative movement (or didn't).

April 1, 2011

Why are the Republicans going after a history professor who calls himself a “centrist”?

March 28, 2011
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