The apparent madness that gripped Mitt Romney first in New Hampshire and then in South Carolina has followed the former Massachusetts governor to the Sunshine State, where this past week the four remaining Republican presidential primary contenders participated in two debates ahead of Tuesday's crucial primary.

Last night's debate in Jacksonville, Fla., will be the last one until the end of February. (We hope, anyway!) Since May, candidates have come and gone, just about every media organization has had at least one crack at hosting, and this moveable feast of the same set of questions being...

At Thursday night's debate, we hoped that the immediacy of the South Carolina primary and a change in debate moderators might yield a different sort of show than the one we watched this past Monday. Unfortunately, there wasn't much of a difference.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was still clumsily...

An odd thing seems to be afoot in the Republican presidential nomination race: The closer Mitt Romney gets to the nomination, the further he gets from sanity.

It began 11 days ago at the Manchester, New Hampshire debate, where Romney stuttered and stammered his way around his mute,...

At the top of Monday night's debate, Fox News' Bret Baier invited Twitter users to weigh in on the quality of each candidate's responses to the evening's inquiries, registering their opinion by using "#answer" and "#dodge" as hashtags to express whether or not they felt the candidates were shooting straight...

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens/Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens/Brown paper packages tied up with strings/These are a few of my favorite things!"

Early in Robert Wise's classic adaptation of "The Sound of Music," the alpine governess Maria soothed the agitated von Trapp children by rattling off...

Tuesday night, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney notched a large double-digit win in New Hampshire, showing few -- if any -- signs of the wear and tear he'd endured in the past few days on the campaign trail, and becoming the first non-incumbent Republican candidate for president to win both...

When New Hampshire designed the quarter commemorating their state, they chose to venerate a much-beloved rock formation on Cannon Mountain that once overlooked the town of Franconia before it collapsed in 2003. Prior to its collapse, however, it was a well-known New Hampshire attraction because its craggy ledges, viewed...

From the very first time Mitt Romney deigned to appear onstage alongside his competitors for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, it was hyped as a moment where Mitt would come under sustained attack.

Days before he alit behind the debate lectern, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty rolled out the...

In the 19th debate of the primary season, and the first one of 2012, Mitt Romney's job was simple: maintain frontrunner status. And since none of his fellow candidates really came out swinging at the former Massachusetts governor, he did just that.

However, we couldn't help but notice...

As longtime readers know, whenever a big news event is likely to yield a ton of frantic hype from your cable news networks, we like to bring you the highlights in one brief mediagasm mash-up video. It's our way of giving you the experience of watching hours of cable news...

The Iowa caucuses will be getting underway in just a few hours, and normally, as events speed themselves toward the conclusion of a thing, one expects bewilderment to fade and for a certain amount of well ... certainty to start to congeal. But this is Iowa, in an election year,...

It is a staple of modern political campaigning to play up your humble roots to connect with voters. Perhaps seeking to draw a contrast with President Barack Obama, who some have deemed "elitist," GOP presidential candidates took many opportunities to mention their simple beginnings in 2011.

The mashup above of...

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the least, and no two entrepreneurial paths are exactly the same, whether they result in fame and fortune or just a few hard knocks.

There...

Christmas can be a rough time. Just ask Clark Griswold, Kate Beringer, or the homicidal Santa from "Silent Night, Deadly Night."

For some people, all those presents, cookies and relatives bombarding your home can be too much to take. The night before Christmas turns...

Thursday night's Republican debate -- the final one of 2011 -- had its fair share of funny moments, and for once we'd say each GOP candidate contributed an equal amount of unintentional one-liners.

If you didn't get to watch, or just want to relive the best moments, we've...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) raised eyebrows on Thursday when he questioned Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko about his alleged mistreatment of women, claims that Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) dismissed as baseless and politically motivated. Vitter -- whose longtime aide resigned last year after a news...

As you know by now, longtime Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will be retiring from the House of Representatives, opting to forego a post-redistricting reelection run next year for a career in writing and public policy advocacy. He'll leave behind a long legacy of legislating, obviously, but he'll also...

Guys. Guys! I don't want to alarm anybody, but it would seem that depending on what channel you get your news, you might encounter two entirely different takes on the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement. I know, this is going to sound shocking -- but you especially notice the divergence...

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the least, and no two entrepreneurial paths are exactly the same, whether they result in fame and fortune or just a few hard knocks.

There...