Edward Morrissey

Ron Paul's true endgame

It's not about convention antics or party platforms. It's about seizing the machinery of state GOPs nationwide

 

Joe Biden's calculated ploy to suck up to gay marriage advocates

Pundits are racing to cast the vice president's embrace of gay marriage as a gaffe. But make no mistake: It was a deliberate political gambit

 

Obama's laughable inability to look forward

The president's re-election campaign settles on "Forward" as its 2012 slogan. And yet, all Obama does is harp on the past

 

Jan Brewer for VP?

The media is obsessed with a handsome Latino senator from Florida. It's time we paid attention to a combative conservative warrior in Arizona, too

 

The Buffett Rule is a drop in the ocean

America faces a true financial crisis. The president has responded with a hackneyed political gimmick

 

Rick Santorum's amazing ride is over. What now?

Last year, the former Pennsylvania senator was breezily dismissed as a harmless underdog. But in 2012, he proved that he can bark — and bite

 

The 5 possible fates of 'ObamaCare'

Despite skeptical questions from a swing justice, the Supreme Court may very well still uphold the president's overhaul of the health-care system

 

Let's have another debate!

Sure, most of the GOP presidential debates have been shallow, pandering enterprises. But if Romney and Santorum go mano a mano...

 

The Deep South primaries are only the end of the beginning

Many pundits are hyping Tuesday's races as the most important of the campaign. But really, we're just getting warmed up

 

The keys to victory on Super Tuesday

Mitt Romney is a near lock to rack up the most delegates today. But Rick Santorum could still gallop out of Super Tuesday with the wind at his back

 

It's time to abandon America's cockeyed caucuses

The GOP's string of presidential caucuses has been an embarrassment rife with tallying failures, botched communication, and voter disenfranchisement

 

Wednesday's season finale of American Political Gladiators

CNN will host the 20th game-show-like debate of the GOP campaign season tonight. And with any luck, it'll be the last

 

The arrogance of Obama's 'accommodation'

No one elected Barack Obama to be pope. So why on earth is he forcing Catholics to violate their religious doctrines?

 

Obama's boneheaded health-care fight with Catholics

The president desperately needs to woo Catholic voters in key swing states. So why on Earth is he picking a culture-war fight with them?

 

Obama is not the most polarizing president ever

Despite The Washington Post's rather preposterous claim, this president is not the nation's most divisive ever. Not even close

 

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