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Prime contender rejects tea party line

By: Philip Klein 10/12/11 9:26 PM

During last year’s midterm elections, tea party activists swamped Republican primaries and helped send dozens of lawmakers to Washington who were committed to fighting big government. But the once-feared constituency is looking more like a paper tiger in the Republican presidential race. Read More

Mystery of Mitt Romney’s core beliefs

By: Gene Healy 10/11/11 10:36 PM

Memo to the Rick Perry campaign: If your guy can’t win an exchange with Mitt Romney over who’s stuck to principle more consistently, his debating skills need serious work. That’s what happened at the Sept. 22 Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. After deflating Perry with a “nice try,” Romney brazenly proclaimed, “One reason to elect me is that I know what I stand for, I’ve written it down. Words have meaning.” Read More

Who's Your Savior?

By: Nate Beeler 10/11/11 8:51 PM

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Romney might zigzag his way into a presidential nomination

By: Ann McFeatters 10/04/11 9:11 PM

OK. We must take Mitt “Eat Your Peas” Romney seriously. It looks as though he might be The One. Romney has been saddled with the image (in the New York Times) of the overbearing adult who tells you to stop complaining and scarf up those veggies. The image fits. Read More

Grilling the GOP candidates on union laws, Right to Work Act

By: Mark Mix 09/27/11 9:17 PM

The question is simple: Do you think the federal government should force millions of workers to pay union dues or be fired? Every presidential candidate should answer that question. We know where President Barack Obama stands. Read More

Republicans are waiting for ‘Mick’ for 2012

By: Noemie Emery 09/21/11 6:44 PM

Here’s what the Republicans should do for their best shot at winning the 2012 election: Add Mitt Romney and Rick Perry together, and divide them by two. Then they’d have “Mick,” their dream of a candidate. Read More

Checking on ‘Romneycare’

By: Doug Bandow 09/12/11 10:38 PM

Public skepticism about more government control of health care remains a serious obstacle for both President Barack Obama and Republican primary candidate Mitt Romney. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney instituted an early statewide version of Obamacare, mandating the individual purchase of insurance. Romney continues to defend his system with desperate attempts to distinguish it from Obamacare. Read More

Rick Perry’s ‘loser pays’ reform

By: Kurt Schlichter 09/08/11 10:35 PM

There’s only one group less happy about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s rise than the Romney campaign. It’s not President Barack Obama’s crew. They think they can paint Perry as a Lone Star wacko whose job creation record is awesome — if you like working with mops and buckets. It’s not unionized federal workers. If Perry wins, they’ll lean back and gobble muffins until the next liberal president comes along. Read More