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The Final Iowa Debate: A Snap-Shot of the Republican Race
Thursday night’s Republican presidential primary debate in Sioux City, the last before votes are cast next month in Iowa, played out as a microcosm of the...
Flip-Flop: Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich Go Skeptical on Climate Change
There was a time—not that long ago—when climate change was almost a bipartisan issue. Both Barack Obama and John McCain said on the 2008 campaign trail that they...
Reading While Eating for December 2: Seriously Sunny
Political Education: Whether or not you support Rep. Michele Bachmann in her presidential bid, it’s great to see a high school student stand up against a...
More Kids Are Skipping School Shots in Eight States
More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners aren't getting all the vaccines...
Morning Must Reads: Thanksgiving
Mitt Romney, Eliza Dushku and Mormon gerrymandering. Pew finds his faith to be a primary factor, but not a general election one. Gingrich may force Romney to the...
What to Watch for at Tonight’s Republican Debate
For all the carping about how there are too many Republican presidential debates, I’m actually looking forward to No. 11. It’s been more than three weeks since...
Reading While Eating for 11-11-11: Making a Statement
Fallen Heroes: Remember our veterans with these photos of the hallowed ground of Arlington Cemetery. (LIFE) People’s Choice: Who will be TIME’s Person of the...
“Oh, just plain vanilla. Are you guys really going to print this?”
-GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, when asked during a recent GQ interview to identify the ice-cream flavor that best represented rival Mitt Romney. Cain,...
Inside the Ludicrous Donald Trump Primary
With her poll numbers sagging, her political organization dwindling and prognosticators declaring her moment to have passed, Michele Bachmann called in a big gun...
What You Missed By Not Watching the Las Vegas GOP Debate
We’re off, with a montage of the mountain west, courtesy of CNN. Soft focus shots of a cactus, water in a river, a desert. It’s like a karaoke video, except...
Fetal Heartbeats: How the 'Heartbeat Bill' Will Reshape America's Abortion Fight
Abortion opponents have a new weapon of choice: the "heartbeat bill." A coalition of anti-abortion groups told the Associate Press last week last week that it...
Morning Must Reads: Consolidate
Obama eyes unilateral executive action on the economy. Infrastructure spending will get the next standalone vote in the Senate. Republicans give the President...
Tonight’s GOP Debate: Cain’s Test, Another Chance for Perry
Another day, another Republican presidential debate. (And Mike Allen catalogues the announcement of three more since Sunday, so help us.) As the GOP candidates...
What You Missed While Not Watching the GOP’s Dartmouth Debate
0 minutes. It’s debate night in America, again. This is not exciting. What is exciting is that Charlie Rose is standing on a stage and the background is not...
The Grand Nevada Pander
Four second-tier Republican presidential hopefuls — Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum — are threatening to bypass the Nevada...
Morning Must Reads: Desperate
Herman Cain does Meet the Press. He’s never heard of neoconservatism. HHS nixes the CLASS act, a $86 billion long-term insurance program passed with the...
An Opening for Romney in Iowa?
In the weeks since Rick Perry upended the Republican presidential primary, there’s been little hard data out of Iowa. The reputable Des Moines Register hasn’t...
Stuck in the Middle
JOE KLEIN'S ROAD TRIP The caller's name was Donna. She came to praise Michele Bachmann, who was a guest on a conservative Des Moines radio show. But Donna just...
