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Newt: Rebel without a pause |
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Rebel without a pause How Newt Gingrich plays the part of a Washington outsider Former House Speaker has stepped up his attacks on Romney, criticizing Mitt for being too timid. |
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What Americans Mean When They Say They're Conservative |
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The label can mean a surprising amount of different things to different people. Roughly two-fifths of Americans call themselves "conservative." What do they mean by the word? It depends. And during a Republican primary, that can be problematic. Every candidate is vying to be the standard-bearer for conservatism, and exploiting the fact that its meaning is variable. |
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Romney Believing His Internal Polling |
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Philip Rucker and Amy Gardner / WashPost The stakes are high, but Mitt Romney isn’t showing much concern as he caravans across Florida this weekend with a sudden swagger and the newfound looseness of a front-runner who thinks he’s cleared the obstacles in his path. |
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Wisconsin: The Most Important Non-Presidential Election of the Decade |
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The Most Important Non-Presidential Election of the Decade Wisconsin's Scott Walker is facing a recall after his labor and spending reforms. If he loses, public unions will flex their muscles nationwide. The recall's ultimate objective is to intimidate any official across the country who's thinking of crossing swords with the empire of teachers and other public-employee unions. "This is about killing reform initiatives in every state in the country" |
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What You Can Learn From Mitt's Tax Return |
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2010 filing is a case study in tax planning. Experts who have parsed the returns say the Romneys' advisers have been tax-smart without crossing legal lines. "The trustee has clearly gotten good advice and managed to reduce the Romneys' taxes in many perfectly legal ways" |
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Pentagon in Deep Nuclear/Conventional Water |
Pentagon Confused by Its Own ‘Subs vs. Terrorists’ Plan "Here’s the basic problem with the plan. A ballistic missile fired with a conventional warhead flies in the same trajectory as a ballistic missile fired with a nuclear warhead. Seeing any such missile in the air could prompt a panic in Moscow, Beijing or another nuclear-armed capitol. So while Washington thinks it’s striking a terrorist training camp or an enemy weapons silo, it might prompt someone else to let loose the world’s most dangerous weapons." |
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Israel warns that Iran is moving rapidly to "immunity zone" |
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"We are determined to prevent Iran from turning nuclear" Iran is moving closer to the point when it will be too late to destroy its nuclear facilities with a precision air strike, Israel's defence minister has warned. |
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The GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich |
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GOP establishment makes moves against Newt Gingrich Dan Balz / WashPost As primary day nears in Florida, familiar message that the former House speaker is a threat is eclipsed by the intensity of the conservative elite. |
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The two non-Idiots just Drop-in on Obama |
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George H.W. and Jeb Bush Pay Obama an Unscheduled Visit “The three men enjoyed a personal visit in the Oval Office – as they have done on previous occasions when President Bush is Washington.” |
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Newt doing Mitt "a favor" by beating him up. |
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Why Newt Gingrich could prove Mitt Romney's best friend "The brutal and sustained assault has made Mitt Romney a much better, stronger candidate. Here was a man who believed he was cruising to the nomination, and events were backing that belief up. Gingrich shattered that and made him fight for his political life. Romney rose to the challenge. He proved that both he and his campaign have the ice in their blood to go negative on a rival. They have taken the fight to an implacable opponent and – if current polls in Florida hold out – they are winning the war." |
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Fl. Latinos Warn of "Inexcusable Language" |
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'Inexcusable' language on immigration alienating Latino voters Florida senator Marco Rubio and former governor Jeb Bush warn party's frontrunners not to use 'harsh and intolerable' language |
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Romney: Gingrich is 'like Goldilocks' |
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Romney: Gingrich is 'like Goldilocks' for always whining about debate rules Former Mass. Gov. jabs opponent for flip-flopping on whether he wants audience to be loud or quiet. |
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Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of Newt Gingrich in Florida with a nine-point lead, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. 'I think if Romney wins this, it's over for Newt,' one pollster says. |
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Gingrich targets Romney in aggressive attack ad |
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Gingrich targets Romney in aggressive attack ad Newt Gingrich’s campaign has released an aggressive web video accusing Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney of attempting to “mislead, distort and deceive” ahead of Florida’s presidential primary. “What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election?” |
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"drones carry inherent political costs to the regime that allows them" |
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International politics, not strategy, matters most in the long run "If you talk to any security or intelligence professional, they'll tell you that the consequences of the Arab Spring -- it turned one this week -- have been devastating to U.S. security interests in the region. Information gathering, operations, intelligence, and general context about the Middle East and North Africa had become so lopsided -- utterly reliant on the security services of the unpopular dictatorships in the region -- that their overthrow more of less crippled U.S. efforts." |
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Newt Gingrich battles his own party establishment Bob Dole becomes latest senior Republican establishment figure to come out against former House Speaker. "It is now time to take a stand before it is too late," warned Bob Dole |
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"Newt, for his part, looked increasingly forlorn. His performance was so dismal it demands explanation. I can only suspect that, after several days of relentless attacks from all corners of the Republican Party, from figures as far apart as Bob Dole and Elliot Abrams, he knew he was finished even before he stepped on the stage. In retrospect, his ludicrous proposal to establish a lunar colony by 2020 was a sign of desperation." |
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Comparing Newt to the Titanic |
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The former Speaker trounced Mitt Romney, the front-runner, in South Carolina. Florida may be a different matter |
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Obama: "A first term ending in a whimper" |
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The union’s state is dire Barack Obama’s big speech to Congress was mainly a bit of electioneering Mr Obama’s problem is that Americans simply do not believe these good tidings. More than 48% of them disapprove of the way he is doing his job. More than 65% believe that the country is on the “wrong track”. |
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Unions Hate Private Equity, But They Love Its Profits |
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Many of the groups that attacked Romney put their pension into private equity. |
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"Gingrich Falls Short in a Crucial GOP Debate" |
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"There was only one question going into Thursday night's Republican debate in Jacksonville, Fla.: Would Newt Gingrich win, or would he lose?" He lost. And even worse for Gingrich, Mitt Romney won. |
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Recipe for a Loveless ( GOP ) Marriage |
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Big-headed Romney has big lead in early voting. |
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Romney v Gingrich: the five key factors in Florida With polling showing the race between the two GOP frontrunners wide open, Florida's unique political character will be decisive |
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Israel persuades Europe on Iran sanctions |
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Sanctions aimed at averting wider conflict
European and United States experts on Iran claim that fear of a new war is the key reason the European Union decided to phase out purchases of Iranian oil. In particular is the belief that Israel is planning an attack on Tehran's nuclear installations
"There is particular concern that Israel might act in 2012 out of concern that Iran is nearing nuclear weapons capability and in the belief that the Barack Obama administration would be obliged to support Israel in a US presidential election year" |
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