When it comes to the oppression of dissent in Syria, are the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council undermining global peace and security by issuing ‘reckless vetoes’? According to this editorial from Japan’s Kochi Shimbun, by concerning themselves with the interests of their own countries rather than what is best for the world, China, Russia, America, Britain and France are demonstrating...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivered his long awaited address to CPAC today. Most commentaries noted the following: 1. He used the word “conservative” so many times you could swear he was trying to hypnotize the audience (and perhaps he was). 2. He used a teleprompter almost completely in the style of President Barack Obama. Which raises the obvious question now being asked: will Newt...

Do people really not pay attention to what is said anymore? Yesterday, while being interview by John King about possible questions Santorum may face as Commander-In-Chief, Santorum was asked about having women in combat roles. Santorum responded with this answer: “Look, I want to create every opportunity for women to be able to serve this country, and they do so in an amazing and wonderful way. They’re...

Who can beat President Obama in the fall on the Republican side? The question of electability is the main point of concern among Republicans so far in this cycle. To date, a handful of former first-tier candidates have succumbed to the specter of electability including Rick Perry, Tim Pawlenty and yes, even the “perfect candidate” Michelle Bachmann. With only four candidates left in the field,...

Would the United States, utilizing what is known as a ‘false flag’ strategy, sacrifice a nuclear aircraft carrier to persuade the world that a war against Iran must be waged? According to columnist Anna Pinderak of Poland’s Wprost24, a theory is making the rounds that the Pentagon has sent the famed USS Enterprise to the Persian Gulf – to sink it – and then to blame Tehran...

BISHOP DOLAN IS GROUCHY In for a dime in for a dollar seems to be the modus operandi in the latest round of culture warfare and even when reasonable compromise is within reach it remains elusive. And so we have the sight of Catholic bishops locking horns with the Obama administration over its principled view that all women need affordable access to contraceptive services and products, including the morning-after...

A centerpiece of the Republican Party’s social agenda in the new millennium has been to deny women new rights and take away old rights, but it stands to reason that everyone of every political stripe would be opposed to neutering laws that seek to combat domestic violence and sexual assault. But Republicans are less reasonable with every passing election cycle, and so we had the specter this week of every...

Faced with the threat that a slowly improving economy may buoy the President’s reelection chances, Republican campaign strategy is tilting toward the Religious Right. After winning a tiny sliver of voters in three states, Rick Santorum is in Texas talking to pastors: “There’s not a management problem in Washington, all right. There’s a more foundational problem there that goes to the basic concepts...

It’s High Noon for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney when he talks before the Conservative Political Action Conference: CPAC’s largely young attendees will have a chance to compare the currently sagging Romney with his other GOP Presidential wannabe rivals who have painted themselves as real versus pretend conservatives, including the on-the-ascent Senator Rick Santorum. Can Romney convince...

At a time when President Barack Obama seems to have handled relatively well diverse foreign policy challenges, many inherited from his predecessor, his handling of the economic policy and the Wall Street have remained a big question mark. Obama’s continuing reliance on U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and kowtowing to the bankers, makes one wonder whether the President has learned his lessons. All...

Our political Quote of the Day comes from former Godfather Pizza and fizzled Republican presidential front-runner candidate Herman Cain, who told had this to say to the CPAC: “We must outsmart the liberals,” Cain said. “We must outsmart the people who are trying to ruin this country.” But, he said, it wasn’t just the stupid people who were ruining the country: “Stupid and ignorant people are ruining...

Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner (NOTE: This column was written the morning before former Sen. Rick Santorum’s three big wins Tuesday. However, it’s more timely than ever as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney now tries to prove that he’s a genuine conservative to short-circuit Santorum’s quick rise as the anti-Romney). KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Barring some big political development...

WASHINGTON — Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign’s central theme: Mitt Romney (BEG ITAL)desperately(END ITAL) wants to be president. Everything else seems mushy or negotiable. Romney is passionate about the need, as he sees it, to defeat President Obama — but vague...

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that GOPers are fleeing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the anti-Romney for the newest conservative hope: for Rick Santorum. It never pays to count Rick Santorum out. A Tribune-Review/WPXI-TV poll conducted Feb. 2-6 shows the former senator was gaining strength among Pennsylvania Republicans even before this week’s victories in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota...

Yes, Virgina, there have been and there are highly thoughtful conservatives and Republicans who can discuss an issue without lowering themselves to use demonizing exaggerated rhetoric that is sure to scare away a good chunk of the voters that the Republican Party must win if it wants to get the votes of more people than Rush Limbaugh and Fox News fans. And judging from some of his newest comments, up and coming...

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The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill to ban insider trading by members of Congress and to impose new ethics requirements on lawmakers and federal agency officials following a similar lopsided vote by the Senate less than three weeks after President Obama demanded such action in his State of the Union speech. The swift response and 417-to-2 and 96-to-3 votes reflected concerns over the low esteem in...

President Barack Obama sending dual messages to voters and has moved from the “hope and change” candidate we saw in the 2008 election, to the “doing what it takes to win” president fighting for reelection. President Barack Obama Sending Dual Messages to Voters in Quest for Reelection (Wikipedia) The political transformation of President Barack Obama is glaring. He has moved from the “hope and change”...

You might label the past few weeks “Return of the Culture Wars.” And, as ABC News notes, it’s bad news for the former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: The resurgence of social and cultural issues in voters’ minds poses new challenges for GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney as he reels from surprising losses Tuesday to conservative favorite Rick Santorum. The economy remains the No....

When you find yourself agreeing with Donald Trump, it’s time for a sanity check. Still, The Donald knows about beauty contests (pace Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado), so he may be qualified to comment on the results: “Rick Santorum was a sitting senator who in re-election lost by 19 points, to my knowledge the most in the history of this country for a sitting senator to lose by 19 points. It’s unheard...

Consider this as an indicator of how awfully Mitt Romney performed in Tuesday’s two primaries and caucus: In Minnesota, a state that he won handily in 2008, he failed to win a single county and got just 17 percent of the vote, a stunning 27 percentage points behind Rick Santorum, who made a clean sweep in Colorado and Missouri, as well. Wait, it gets worse: Although the voting in Missouri was non-binding,...

Two facts about the new Gallup poll that reveals Congress’s current approval rating: #1. It is at 10% a new low. It’s so far down in the polls that it’s too low for sniffing dogs. #2. Neither party should be happy. The poll finds that many voters detest the job BOTH rpt B-O-T-H parties are doing. Details: PRINCETON, NJ — A record-low 10% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing,...

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I still can’t believe that there are people of either party or no party that could buy into or encourage bilge such as this by Sean Hannity. Even 20 years ago someone like this would be relegated the fringe hours of television.

WASHINGTON — What do Rick Santorum and Clint Eastwood have in common? Sorry Rick, you haven’t made it yet as an Eastwood-style make-my-day cultural icon. But in different ways, Santorum and Eastwood have demonstrated the limits of both an entirely negative slant on politics and a pessimistic take on America’s future. Santorum’s Tuesday sweep of Republican presidential contests...