The GOP cultural flailing might seem like little more than fodder for the late-night shows, but it also reinforces the demographic conundrum facing Republicans. And no, I'm not just talking about race.
If Iraq remains or becomes even more stable in 2010, then Obama will almost surely draw down troops even more quickly than he's currently announcing.
We now have a president pushing to do big transformative change, and a Speaker who says clearly she can get that big change through the House.
Corporate-owned courts presided over by the business community's hand-picked arbitrators are fast becoming the rule, and a deeply ideological bench is only sometimes available as an imperfect alternative.
Breathless, glam-heavy MSM stories and TMZ.com just by themselves could help propel Gavin Newsom all the way into the governor's chair.
Should Israel choose the Lieberman path, limiting the democratic rights of its Arab citizens, it will run directly counter to profound American Jewish values.
Is it realistic to expect the Russians to cooperate on the issue of Iran? Hardly.
We could make a very simple proposal to Reid. He can either schedule the votes for Employee Free Choice Act or end his political career knowing that organized labor will put $2 or $3 million into a third-party candidate.
An anonymous U.S. Attorney who was cut loose in the firing scandal that brought down Alberto Gonzales tells Politico that some of the prosecutors who remained "wished they had been fired, too."
The more people that hear Limbaugh articulate his disdain for the success of America the better will be the country's chances of rejecting his hateful ideology and getting back on the path to prosperity.
The Catholic Church may refer to pro-choice politicians as extremists but the majority of Catholic congregants agree with pro-choice politicians like Sebelius on reproductive issues.
It's time for Michael Steele to stand up to Rush Limbaugh and any other voice from the right that stands in the way of the G.O.P. becoming a party that truly represents America.
Democrats, now in power, have a sense of triumph that makes every decision feel smart, every chess move a checkmate. Thus the "Rush strategy."
Conservative values are cutting taxes and individual liberties without government control. That is how Republicans have been acting for the past eight years.
The Democrats' expanding core base of voters is more moderate, socially active, and pro-government; the exact opposite of what Limbaugh stands for.
If Obama succeeds, we succeed, and if he fails, we fail for at least another generation, because no Democrat will take big risks again for a very long time if Obama loses this gamble.
One of our lead political correspondents at Scoop44, Liz Cermak, wrote up a terrific review of the recent CNN/Facebook collaboration during President Obama's quasi-State of the Union.
Bobby Jindal did sound like Kenneth the Page and that exposed and exacerbated the flaws in his message. While what you say is important, how you say it every bit as important.
Rep. Ellen Tauscher has just announced she'll introduce a bill to repeal the ban on open gays in the military, a momentous step that comes on the 15th anniversary of this highly unpopular policy.
