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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offer a compromise on birth control

Compromise: Do it our way or burn in hell Since last month's announcement by the White House that the Affordable Care Act will require employee health insurance to cover contraception without co-pays, we've watched as the outrage of celibate men and...

Donald Trump is confused about Rick Santorum

Donald Trump is confused about Rick Santorum (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Considering last night's shellacking of Mitt Romney by Rick Santorum and a Republican base that hates him, Romney really needs come up with some better surrogates: Said [Donald] Tr...

What’s next for Mitt Romney? Besides pathetic excuses and desperation?

Is Mitt Romney about to unleash the hounds on Rick Santorum? (Jim Young/Reuters) Following last night's utter humiliation at the hands of Republican voters in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney—formerly known as "inevitable"—and his te...

In case you missed it, Mitt Romney won Nevada’s Republican caucus

Mitt Romney is resonating with 16,000 Nevadans ... (Jim Young/Reuters)   It only took the inept, math-challenged Republicans in Nevada about 30 hours to count 33,000 votes, but early this morning they finally managed to officially declare a winn...

Donald Trump’s combover endorses Mitt Romney

Donald Trump misses the limelight, so ... (Joshua Roberts / Reuters) It's official: Donald Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney: Meghan: As much as I like things about Mitt Romney— Donald: No, he’s going to lose. He doesn’t resonate, you know? Oops,...

Mitt Romney goes from ‘I’m concerned about the poor,’ to ‘I’m not concerned with the very poor’

Mitt Romney only hates the very poor (Jim Young/Reuters)   Good news ... apparently Mitt Romney only hates the "very poor." Here he was a few weeks ago: I’m concerned about the poor in this country. We have to make sure the safety net is stron...

The problem with the Republican Party is not Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney

The Republicans chose Mitch Daniels to rebut President Obama's State of the Union speech. They chose Bush's budget director to talk about the economy. The guy who inherited the Clinton budget surplus and transformed it into the largest budget deficit ...

It’s official: Jon Huntsman drops out, endorses Mitt Romney

It's official: Jon Huntsman has dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican nomination and has endorsed Mitt Romney. Sadly, due to a lack of interest in the candidate that most voters didn't even know was running, coverage of his announcement and endorsem...

Forget the ‘Santorum surge,’ Michele Bachmann is predicting a miracle

Forget those pesky poll numbers coming out of Iowa, because Republican candidate Michele Bachmann thinks she has an ace up her sleeve: "Polls … sometimes belie the truth on the ground, and that's what we see," Bachmann said on ABC’s "This Week." "...

Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. Unless he’s not.

Will slow and steady (Romney—purple line) win the race? (RCP) Even in the world of politics, where a healthy ego is practically a prerequisite, it was seen as confidence teetering on the brink of cockiness. Earlier this week, a Mitt Romney staffer ...

Conservatives moan about Republicans not having their ‘A team’ on the field

As the rest of the country watches in head-scratching amazement as the likes of Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul take turns being the Not Romney in the race for the Republican nomination, conservative pundits are still dreaming of another candi...

House Republicans cave, Charles Krauthammer whines

While House Republicans finally agreed that raising taxes on 160 million Americans was a bad idea—for at least two months anyway—the conservative wingnuttia was already whining about being tricked. From the Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer: T...

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