This Tueday President Barack Obama will face his first electoral test since assuming office. The president is not on the ballot, but in large measure his standing in...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) predicted on Sunday that health care reform would pass, while a fellow Republican senator was more skeptical. Appearing on CBS’...

Democratic staff for the House oversight committee informed their GOP counterparts today that the majority has changed the locks on the committee’s hearing room....

Already two of the thirteen original colonies, Virginia and New Jersey may have wanted to be extra-special in holding their gubernatorial elections in off-years. While...

Massachusetts law originally allowed for the governor to make an appoint to a vacant Senate seat until the next scheduled election. But in 2004 with the state’s...

Our Founding Fathers never wanted the president to be all-thing to all-people. They wanted a man who would simply preside, enforce the law and maintain the peace; not...

Because of some anarchic rule the states of New Jersey and Virginia both hold their gubernatorial elections in off-odd years. Because they are the only states hosting...

The Democratic can no longer claim to be the party of the common man against the party of the rich Republicans. Not only did Obama win 52% of the vote of those...

Although they claim to represent and champion “the common man,” Democrats today are more the party of the rich than Republicans. Not only did Obama’s...

Audra Shay, the Young Republicans leader accused of endorsing racism on Facebook, was elected head of the group for GOP members under 40 this afternoon. Audra Shay,...

Many were stunned by the abrupt resignation of Alaska Republican Governor Sarah Palin over the weekend. While she says legal troubles are not the primary reason for her...

Anyone who is in any way surprised by Sarah Palin’s announcement today that she will not be seeking re-election, and, even more significantly, is stepping down as...

There are few men more vulgar in American public discourse than far-right talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. This is a man whose records included telling a Black caller to...

I am stunned. Mark Sanford stays a governor while Sarah Palin quits. Something is not right here. At the very least, Sarah is fed up. She said so herself. But why...

Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....

With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it’s probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist’s son, he married money,...

It is hard to be a Republican in today’s America. Republican most important prospect for 2012 presidential race, Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina today...

The news broke yesterday that somehow South Carolina’s Governor Mark Sanford had gone missing. Simply disappeared. The governor’s phone could not be called...

Long-time Republican Senator from Pennsylvania Arlen Specter has switched sides and joined the Democratic aisle. Specter is a moderate Republican and narrowly won a...