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Why has women's approval of Obama stalled? The answer isn't crystal clear. The danger for both the GOP and Democrats will be that women stay home on election day.
Having just read the first two Hunger Games books at the prodding of my teenage daughter on our spring break vacation, I'm now thinking this seems a much more apt comparison for what the 2012 Republican primary has now devolved into.
The Santorum people and the media would like you to believe that this is still a tight contest for the GOP nomination. From an actuarial, statistical and probability standpoint, it probably isn't.
Having managed to successfully antagonize most people in the United States and Puerto Rico, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is now conce...
Perhaps the greatest irony of 2012's long primary is this: In their bickering over who is the most conservative, the Republican candidates have unwittingly modeled themselves as "delegate presidents" when most conservative-minded voters would prefer a "trustee president."
Sometimes we think so highly of ourselves that we think we know what's best for the people around us. That's not religious thinking. That's ego speaking.
We need to change the system, and in order to do that we need to be honest about how bad it's gotten. The good news? We've already shown signs that yes, we can do better.
Rick Santorum is making porn-fighting a central part of his campaign. Will there be a Department of Homeland Pornography In the Santorum administration?
If you want to wrap this up and move to challenge President Obama in the fall, you need to learn from Al Gore's mistakes.
Running for president as if America is a 1950's sitcom is slightly delusional. You may win a Republican primary or two by running against gay marriage and contraception, but there are no national elections to be won in that political space.
The Grand Old Party continues to suffer from acute 'electile' dysfunction. A clear majority of Republican primary voters and caucus-goers just can't ...
This week saw the the rise and ultimate, tragic, naked fall of the man behind KONY 2012. Romney, Santorum and Gingrich hit the zenith of their collective Southern pandering during the Alabama and Mississippi primaries. And Will Ferrell spoke a lot of Spanish.
With statements made by the candidates this week, it may be too late to change course. The GOP may have already become toast to the Latino community. Or tostados.
Senador Puertorriqueño has a lovely ring to it, and it's just the kind of moniker a presidential aspirant would love to tout if he's trying to pull off another upset in Sunday's primary. The only problem? Rick Santorum was my senator, and I've never heard of that.
We've reached the point where expertise is something to be shunned. The opinion of the scientific community is criticized, while the opinion of educators is to be avoided.
The college experience is meant to be a time for students to ask big questions, challenge the status quo, and develop a stronger sense of identity in preparation for adulthood.
