Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

Can Republicans Learn to Love Mitt Romney?

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

Dominique Browning

Is the Cain Scandal Worse Than Newt's?

Mark Blinch / Reuters

Infidelity takes many forms, whether Ginger White or Freddie Mac

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A Race To Remember

Left; Matt York / AP: Kent Nishimura / Getty Images)

Herman Cain vs. Barack Obama would be an epic contest between polar opposites

Judith Warner

How Low Can We Go?

The angry, and baffling, refusals to take Herman Cain and Joe Paterno to task make fools of us all

Dominique Browning

The ‘Personhood’ Fight is Not Going Away

Rogelio V. Solis / AP

The Mississippi vote on Prop 26 may be over, but this battle will continue

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Why Republicans Can’t Quit Their New Black Friend

Rich Addicks / The New York Times / Redux

He feeds the myth that racism is over

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

Can the Republican Candidates Recover From Their Recent Implosion?

Richard Brian / Reuters

Republican strategist Karen Hughes and Democratic pollster Mark Penn in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

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The GOP Wheel of Misfortune

Why Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are next in line to play the anti-Romney

Dominique Browning

The Message Behind Cain’s Message

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How to read the presidential candidate’s smoke signals in a new campaign ad

Jon Meacham

Help Wanted: Evaluating Economic Recovery Plans

Why we need to vet the policies of presidential candidates before it’s too late

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan: Not So Crazy

His plan is sloppy and, in parts, bizarre. But the impetus behind it — tax simplification and reform — is not

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Is Herman Cain the Most Unctuous Black Man Alive?

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Why the Hermanator experience is making me sick

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Gogues and Demons

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One GOP frontrunner worships demons. The other is the anti-Christ. What’s an extremist Christian to do?