Obama's gay-marriage endorsement is a moral and political win
May 10, 2012, at 9:40 PMPundits are eager to pontificate on how supporting same-sex marriage will cost Obama in November. They couldn't be more wrong
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The GOP lost the European elections
May 7, 2012, at 12:15 PMIn France and Greece, voters reject ill-conceived austerity measures. Budget-slashing Republicans in the U.S. ought to pay attention
Mitt Romney is the Dorian Gray of 2012
April 19, 2012, at 6:35 AMThe presumed GOP nominee would like to keep the true portrait of his character stashed away while he Etch A Sketches a new public persona. Too late, Mitt
Mitt Romney won. And now he's going to lose
April 6, 2012, at 6:15 AMThe all-but-certain GOP nominee swung so far to the right to please the conservative base that he stands next to no shot of beating President Obama
Will a Tea Party Supreme Court guarantee Obama a second term?
March 30, 2012, at 9:45 AMThe court's conservative wing appears ready to engage in some despicable judicial activism on ObamaCare. Politically, at least, the justices are doing Obama a favor
Mitt Romney has the GOP strapped to the roof of his car
March 15, 2012, at 6:20 PMRepublican voters are the Seamus of 2012 — slowing Mitt down by dumping on him, but unable to stop him from reaching his ultimate destination
It was a Super Tuesday for Democrats
March 7, 2012, at 6:35 PMA battered Mitt Romney is still a near lock for the GOP nomination — and that's good news for Dems not just in 2012 but in 2016 too
Mini-Mitt's massive Super Tuesday challenge
March 1, 2012, at 6:02 PMRomney just barely eked out a win in his home state of Michigan. The robotic Republican will have an even tougher time in Ohio
The increasingly worthless GOP nomination
February 23, 2012, at 6:05 PMMitt Romney is pandering so desperately to the far-right fringe that he's become all but unelectable in November
The unholy alliance between Catholic bishops and the GOP
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Romney on the precipice
February 13, 2012, at 1:54 PMSantorum is surging toward an improbable win in Michigan — a victory that might just push the juggernaut Romney campaign right off a cliff
Nominating Mitt Malaprop
February 3, 2012, at 10:22 AMRomney has the GOP nomination wrapped up — but his serial verbal miscues will haunt him in November
Obama is the Reagan of 2012
January 30, 2012, at 12:45 PMNewt and Mitt are clambering over each other trying to claim the Gipper's mantle. But it's a Democrat whose situation and rhetoric best mirror Reagan's
Mitt Romney's taxing baggage
January 19, 2012, at 1:06 PMMitt's tax avoidance embodies unfairness in a moment when economic justice is a driving issue. And to boot, he comes off as out of touch, unconnected, and unconcerned
Monsieur Romney's attack on American values
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