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CPAC 2011: What to Expect at the GOP's Annual Cattle Call
The Conservative Political Action Conference, a three-day carnival of Republican ladder-climbers and red meat throwers, convenes Thursday in Washington. The...
Halperin Makes Odds
He has Mitt Romney at 3-1 to win the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee at 9-1, Mitch Daniels at 10-1, Tim Pawlenty at 18-1, Jon Huntsman at 20-1,...
Morning Must Reads: Trade
The White House is looking to trade Medicare and Medicaid cuts, hitting providers not beneficiaries, for some revenue increases. Romney flips back to saying...
Morning Must Reads: Pattern
Robert Greenstein of the left-leaning CBPP despairs that the debt fight has established precedent for future dollar-for-dollar borrowing authority and spending...
Morning Must Reads: Press
House Republicans are poised to bring up and reject an unconditional increase to debt ceiling. Rep. Anthony Weiner says a lewd photo sent from his Twitter...
Beyond Palin: Assessing the Rest of the GOP Presidential Field
Sarah Palin's recent Web video making a pitch to conservative women may have again shifted the political spotlight to the former governor of Alaska, but more...
Ron Paul Leaving Congress
Ron Paul announced on Tuesday that he won’t seek re-election to Congress while he runs (again) for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Hey wait: Ron...
Morning Must Reads: Sequel
Obama’s Mideast address will not be a sequel to the 2009 Cairo speech. Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of the IMF. From the magazine: David Plouffe tries...
The Big Questions: By Mark Halperin
Why has Michele Bachmann suddenly become the It candidate? With her impressive New Hampshire debate performance, Bachmann has gone from a conservative Sarah...
Morning Must Reads: Special
The state of the “special relationship” upon Obama’s arrival in Britain. House GOPers had ample warnings about the political pitfalls of the Ryan plan. Boehner’s...
Morning Must Reads: Pledged
Mitt Romney takes more conservative elite fire after his health care speech, and responds to the Journal‘s bruising op-ed. His thinking seems to be that this...
Morning Must Reads: Alternative
–Tension with Pakistan isn’t subsiding — “There’s no doubt [bin Laden] was protected by some in the ISI.” – but there’s no alternative to the relationship...
Decision Day Looms for Gingrich
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is preparing to announce in a matter of days whether he will form an exploratory committee for a presidential campaign...
What You Missed While Not Watching the New Hampshire GOP Debate
-2 minutes. The debate hasn't started yet, but the crowd is already restless. A mutiny is afoot. CNN may host this thing, but can CNN's John King control it?...
When California Dreamin' Turns Bad
When Karl Rove hatched the plan, it looked like the sort of deft political move that led George W. Bush to dub him "Boy Genius." Last year the President's...
Franken vs. Coleman: The Final Round — Maybe
Here's the running tally so far in the seemingly endless battle between Democratic challenger Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman over Minnesota's...
Indecision '08 for McCain's Veep?
Could John McCain really not have settled yet on a running mate, just 24 hours before he's scheduled to unveil his choice at a big rally in Dayton, Ohio? That's...
