Yesterday, in a YouTube/Google Plus town hall, President Obama finally admitted to what the world has known for years: that the United States has been using drone aircraft to kill militants in among other places, America’s supposed ally, Pakistan. This editorial from Pakistan’s The Nation welcomes this admission of the obvious, but wonders how the president could claim that most of those killed...

The South Carolina and Florida Republican presidential debates will be pointed to as turning points for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s campaigns. But they’ll also be remembered for two moments underscoring the uneasy relationship between the news media and politicians who often seek to control, intimidate or politically use the news media —...

For those who may have been distracted by the Republican nomination race, the first potentially armed conflict since the Thatcher years between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands – known by Latin Americans as the Malvinas – is brewing. Unfortunately, according to columnist Gilson Caroni Filho of Brazil’s Opera Mundi, the United States, even if it doesn’t recognize British...

Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner One day after his massive — and massively purchased – victory over chief rival for the 2012 Republican nomination former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Florida, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney cut short the positive news spin on his victory by making a gaffe that is a Chistmas, Hanuka, Kwanza, Easter, Birthday gift to Democrats: a gaffe fitting right into...

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This just in! Here’s a “who cares so what alert”: Donald Trump has called a press conference for tomorrow. Informed speculation: he’ll endorse Newt Gingrich. (Ahh, he’s just doing it because if Gingrich wins he gets to build a casino on the moon.”

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney can argue that winning ugly is still winning, especially in a contest he could not afford to lose. But Romney’s decisive victory in Florida came at a price. He aggravated Newt Gingrich’s hostility to him, with all the trouble that could entail, and left behind a dispirited Republican electorate in a state the GOP needs to win this fall. At least until now, this...

After listening to Newt Gingrich’s tasteless and graceless concession speech where he invoked the almost sacred words of both President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address and of the signers of our Declaration of Independence in an absurd attempt to link himself to our Founding Fathers, I posted the comment: Many feel that Gingrich — albeit he is the big loser in Florida — gave a pretty...

Although Gingrich gave him a big scare, Mitt Romney won Florida decisively yesterday: Romney took 46.4%, Gingrich 31.9%, Santorum 13.3%, and Ron Paul 7%. The dominant narrative is that this “restores momentum” to Romney. Maybe. Nevertheless, as I have pointed out before (see Why Florida’s Not The State To Watch from January 23), we had every reason to believe Romney would win Florida no matter...

While I don’t imagine that it will be a game changer in the mad charge for the Republican presidential nomination, animal rights activists have created a Web site to remind voters that Mitt Romney once put his Irish Setter, Seamus, in a carrier on his car roof for a 12-hour family vacation trip. As the Boston Globe first reported in 2007, in 1983, Romney drove his station wagon packed with five sons...

An obvious yet often overlooked persective on the Guantanamo Bay prison is that of Cuba itself – where the prison is located. Will Cuba ever get Guantanamo Bay back from the United States? And what does Havana do with the $4085 Washington sends it every month to lease the land that the base is on? According to Enrique Milanés León of Cuba’s state-run Juventud Rebelde, ending Washington’s...

While Mitt Romney may be misunderestimating, as a certain former president would say, the damage that his get-filthy-rich tenure at Bain Capital is causing, opposition researchers are having a devil of a time disproving his claim that he created 100,000 or 120,000 jobs (he has cited both numbers) as CEO of the private-equity company, while supporters are having an equally hard time proving that he is right. ...

Dear Vice President Gore, et al. I’m concerned. More than concerned, in fact: deeply troubled. How can I say this, diplomatically? Hmmm. Your new news  shows look like crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And by “look” I mean the physical plant that serves as a backdrop for your hosts. They are an embarrassment, and, much as I’d like to be a fly on the wall for the sessions in which your “look”...

Our political Quote of the Day comes from The Daily Beast’s John Avlon, who explains why the 2012 race for the Republican nomination is not over despite the blowout victory of mega-funded former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney over his chief rival, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Avlon begins his post with this: Yes, Mitt Romney had a big win in Florida last night. He’s won two of the first four...

Reelecting Barack Obama this year won’t be enough. Unless Democrats retake Congress, gridlock in Washington won’t end. Now, a Democratic statistician reports that winning back the House of Representatives “is in the realm of possibility,” citing “a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, in which, when asked which party they prefer to control Congress, voters cited Democrats, 47 to 41 percent, as well...

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I was at a gathering of journalist types Tuesday evening and remarked that I think of Mitt Romney as the GOP’s Al Gore. Let me count the ways. Voters aren’t very excited about his bid (he’s not the kind of guy that inspires passion). His stage presence is … to be kind … stilted. He has become a professional politician. They’re basically the same age (March 1947, Romney,...

If you think the criticism Mitt Romney is getting now for strapping his dog in a carrying case to the top of his car years ago is big, just look at this rare piece of film the TMV research staff discovered of the reaction it got years ago:

So former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was obliterated in Florida largely because of the brutally effective, millions of dollars worth of advertising primary winner former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney threw at him.Even with $5 million checks from a casino owner and the casino owner’s wife, it isn’t enough to effectively compete. Here is Gingrich singing his post-Florida theme song:

While most eyes were on Florida here in Oregon we had the first Congressional election of the year. Democrat Suzanne Bonamici swept to victory Tuesday in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District as her party continued its nearly four-decade-long hold on the seat covering the northwestern corner of the state. Partial returns showed Bonamici defeated Republican Rob Cornilles as she carried over 50 percent...

After coming under fire for spending millions on ads to negatively define his chief rival former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in a campaign in which a staggering 92 percent of all ads have been negative, former Massachusetts Mitt Romney won a decisive (47 percent) victory over Gingrich (30%). He also delivered a speech in which he tried to pivot from a slice-and-dice-em primary battle opponent to a party nominee. The...

First off, it’s a pretty thumping win for Mitt. If you look at the CNN results map it shows Romney winning every single county from the conservative panhandle all the way down the keys. But the exit polling does show a mild split between various groups. Men and women both voted for Mitt, but women favored him by a 22 point margin (51-29) while men did so by just a 6 point spread (41-36). Latinos were much...

If you’re interested, I’m live-blogging tonight’s results from Florida (just as I did for Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina) over at my place. (And just for some fun I’ve got some Rush for you as well. “Big Money,” of course.) We all knew who was going to win, and it may very well be that we’re witnessing the beginning of the end of this mostly embarrassing race...

Greece might finally start to pull away from its woes in the next few days because of a likely deal with its creditors to roll over at least €200 billion of government debt. That would make it easier for a second tranche of €130 billion to come in later this year. But Greece’s economic problems are far from over. They hang like a Damocles sword over the Eurozone that includes all large European countries...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has gotten some powerful new allies in his battle against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and the Republican establishment: polarizing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Ronald Raegan’s talks show/columnist son Michael Reagan and former GOP front runner Herman Cain. But Nate Silver — who has a good record when it...