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Judith Warner

Hilary Rosen Was Right: Ann Romney Is Out of Touch with Most Women

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What Republicans and Democrats alike don’t understand is that the “mommy wars” are largely a thing of the past

Jon Meacham

The Meaning of Santorum

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An elegy to his bid, in part in his own words.

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

What Are the Best Next Steps for Romney and Obama?

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The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their biweekly face-off about Election 2012

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

How Does Michigan Affect the Lead Up to Super Tuesday?

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The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

Justin Frank

Will Obama’s Continued Silence Hurt Him Politically?

President Barack Obama during an address at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., Feb. 13, 2012.

Why the President risks shirking his leadership responsibilities by not responding to Republican attacks

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

How Is Obama Faring Against a Republican Challenge?

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The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

Jon Meacham

Mitt Romney’s Poverty Problem

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Can the nominative GOP candidate’s “not concerned about the very poor” gaffe open the door to more substantive antipoverty initiatives?

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

Has Newt’s Challenge Hurt Romney or Made Him Stronger?

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The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

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Newt and Mitt Are Playing the ‘Stupid’ Card

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Why don’t the GOP candidates want us to go to college or read newspapers?

Jon Meacham

Why Newt Is like Nixon

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Forget Ronald Reagan. Newt Gingrich’s real political analogue is another angry striver: Richard Nixon

jeffalexander

Republican in Hollywood: Not So Taboo Anymore

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Are conservative celebrities less concerned about going against the political grain of the entertainment industry?

Dominique Browning

Let’s Put Conservation Back Into Conservative

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Stopping pollution is something that everyone should embrace, says Rob Sisson, President of Republicans for Environmental Protection

doyle

South Carolina Is a Welfare Queen

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To prevent “European-style” socialism, we need to stop redistributing wealth from blue to red states

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

What Does the Turn South Mean for Republicans?

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The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

doyle

Mountain Dew for President

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Could a mouse-dissolving, toddler pepper-upper be the last, best hope for the GOP?