UPDATE: fr D. de Wind: The Secret Service Says They Are Investigating Ted Nugent’s Threatening Remarks Toward Obama | Ted Nugent’s threatening remarks about President Obama at the annual National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis have earned him a follow-up conversation with the Secret Service. … The Secret Service, which investigates all threats against the President, confirmed to New York Magazine’s...

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WASHINGTON — It’s all over but the shouting, or, in this case, the polite applause: Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican presidential nominee. But which Mitt Romney? Will it be Mitt One or Mitt Two? This is not an inconsequential question. Mitt One is a fiscally conservative, socially moderate, Wall Street-style Republican who believes in compromise to get things done. Mitt Two is a far-right...

NEWS FLASH: Newt Gingrich has been bitten by a penguin. Did the penguin survive? h/T: Andrew Sullivan UPDATE: But beware: Gingrich (or one of his aides) might bite YOU if you ask him about Fox News’ chief Roger Ailes.

Having immigrated to the United States in pursuit of the American Dream, I was intrigued by the title of the New York Times story “Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad.” As the story’s introduction focused on a Mr. Samir N. Kapadia who had arrived in the United States from India as a young child, became a U.S. citizen and was apparently doing very well in his career, I became even...

Historical polling trends suggest that President Barack Obama is in trouble. No wonder Mitt Romney is already offering donors access to an an “inaugural retreat” — and predictions increase that this will be one nasty, negative campaign.

Not for general reporting comments made by presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney were overheard and reported on. Did the comments show refreshing candor or outright cynicism and a penchant for hiding positions from the public? Here is a roundup.

National polls are showing a narrowing of the gap between Romney and Obama, with more than one poll showing Romney slightly ahead and others showing him slightly behind. National polls, however, do not matter very much. What matters most is the state-by-state polls, and in that regard, the picture is hazy at the moment. Writing for the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza argues that things look very bright for Obama...

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UPDATE II: After the firestorm generated by Hilary Rosen’s remarks on stay-at-home moms (See post below), and after the deep and — and sincere — umbrage taken by Ann Romney and so many others, Mrs. Romney over the weekend said this about that: It was my early birthday present for someone to be critical of me as a mother …That was a really defining moment, and I loved it. Now, on this one, I will...

LILLY LEDBETTER & YOU KNOW WHO The 2012 presidential campaign, now underway with the withdrawal of Rick Santorum, promises to be a study in contrasts. All presidential campaigns are, of course, but the contrasts between presumptive Republican challenger Mitt Romney and President Obama are striking and nowhere more so than when it comes to populism, an ideology that I loosely define as contrasting...

Unlike a lot of others I do NOT agree that this week’s mini-firestorm over respecting mothers who stay at home was “manufactured” at all (and yes, I am in disagreement with MSNBC, some less partisan Republicans and almost all Democrats). I’ve known too many mothers (including my own) who raised children as not just a fulltime job but a fulltime job where they put in overtime that never...

It appears that the President is facing some awkward pressure from Latin America leaders who advocate decriminalizing and regulating marijuana and possibly cocaine. Likely they’re tired of having US military and law enforcement crawling all over their countries as well as the corrupt and violent influence of the Drug Cartel black market caused by interdiction. This is an idea whose time has long been...

What War on Women? by Kathleen McKinley Ann Romney had a very good two days. It all started with Hilary Rosen, Democrat strategist, saying Ann Romney couldn’t comment on economic issues because “she has never worked a day in her life.” Oh boy, for a PR girl, that was incredibly stupid. You don’t diss Moms. Any mother, working or not, will tell you how difficult it is to stay home with small children....

Trayvon Martin Case Goes Beyond Race by Peter Funt We’ve all taken a crack at deciphering the Trayvon Martin case, so ponder this: George Zimmerman probably isn’t a racist and, if that’s true, then Zimmerman runs a greater risk of being convicted in Martin’s death. That such a theory is viable underscores the complexity of the case — thanks, in part, to Florida’s ill-conceived...

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Former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had some surprisingly harsh words to say when asked about whether Florida Sen. Marco Rubio might be a name Republican presumptive Presidential nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney might seriously consider. In a nutshell: it’s be a poor choice and Rubio wouldn’t help the GOP much with Latino voters: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would not be a wise pick for number...

UPDATE: As mentioned below, Dick Cheney spoke for one hour and 15 minutes at the Wyoming Republican Party state convention in Cheyenne. Guess what “fair and balanced” Fox found memorable enough to become the centerpiece of and the title to their piece on Cheney’s appearance? You guessed it: “He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country,” Cheney said of Obama. And the title? “Cheney...

Do two make a trend? Richard Cohen of the Washington Post now writes a warm-hearted memoir of a post-White House encounter with President Eisenhower, ending with “He knew precisely who he was. That’s more than can be said for the people who now want to depict him as the eternal innocent.” It echoes my own experience back then and makes me wonder how many others like us later fell in love with a man they...

Five years ago, a family that had captured the American imagination suddenly disappeared from TV screens with no real explanation, just as the current national soap opera, “The Santorums” abruptly ended this week. They sit around a table, nothing untoward happens…and then fade to black. We had been mesmerized on the weekend by their daughter’s hospital stay, we were looking forward to the gang war...