Between Rick Perry’s dip in the birther pond and Herman Cain’s smoking advertisement, this has a been a relatively entertaining week in the Republican presidential race.

But not entertaining enough, apparently. 

Christian Heinze asks in an article published this morn… Read full post »

You know what they say about living by the sword.

In politics, the same goes for polls.

As Rick Perry realized when the mere prospect of his entrance into the 2012 Republican presidential race made him an automatic frontrunner immediately following the announcement of his candidacy, polls… Read full post »

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently accused the Obama Administration of “explicitly” trying to “make people believe that Congress can’t get anything done” by pushing legislation the president knows won’t receive the Republican support needed for passage… Read full post »

The only thing Herman Cain has going for him is that Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States. 

Unfortunately for Cain, history shows that such a “precedent” doesn’t extend to black Republicans.

In the last one hundred years, only six… Read full post »

Republicans go through presidential contenders like Newt Gingrich goes through wives. 

Faster, in fact.

The GOP had two years to find, mold and polish a top-notch Republican challenger who could mount a strong and maybe even successful offensive against President Obama in 2012… Read full post »

by MuddyPolitics 

Barack Obama is back.

The firebrand populism of his 2008 presidential campaign, the podium-pounding speeches, the “Yes We Can” rallies calling for a grassroots uprising of the people against special interests, unregulated corporations and under-taxed millionair… Read full post »

by MuddyPolitics 

Whenever Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly meet to rekindle their bromance on live TV, Stewart consistently pins “The O’Reilly Factor” host into a corner – then proceeds to beat him over the head with context, facts, perspective and the… Read full post »

Behind every great political campaign there is a great team of managers, advisers and consultants.

Mitt Romney doesn’t have one.

In an article from the New York Times, “Perry and Romney Set Clear Lines of Attack” (Sept. 24, 2011), reporters Jeff Zeleny and Nicholas Confessore… Read full post »

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the 18-year-old policy that banned gay soldiers from serving openly in the military, was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge one year ago this month.

The policy was repealed by Congress in December 2010 and signed into law by President… Read full post »

One would think President Obama’s new “populism” campaign for income equality and fiscal sanity would re-ignite the fire in the belly of all those volunteers, donors and supporters who stood in his corner and cheered while he delivered a technical knockout in 2008 against John &ldqu… Read full post »

By Nicholas Wilbur 

Nobody doubted the depth of denial that would gush from Rush Limbaugh’s radio studio following the murderous rampage in Tucson this weekend. The “vitriol in politics” became a primary focus of the national media almost immediately after the news/… Read full post »