Newt Gingrich

Edwards' future

EDWARDS' FUTURE.... I mentioned briefly yesterday John Edwards is slowly re-entering public life, prompting CNN to ask whether the former senator could make a "comeback." I suggested that this is unlikely. Later, an emailer...

Looking Ahead: The horse race and the size of government

As they do after each election, the fine folks at McLaughlin & Associates, have released some post-election surveys for everyone to chew on. One poll looked at the size of government and the other looked at 2012 Republican...

Pelosi's power reigns supreme

As Pelosi enters her third year as speaker, she has become the most powerful woman in U.S. political history. After delivering a 20-seat pickup for House Democrats on Election Night, Rep. Chris Van Hollen wanted out of his...

Kentuckian could lose top GOP post

As Kentuckian Robert "Mike" Duncan decides whether to seek another two-year term as chairman of the Republican National Committee, a growing number of Republicans, including one Kentucky congressman, are calling for a change.

Obama Mulls Massive Stimulus Package

Only 17% are pessimistic. Obama Issues Rules For Lobbyists NBC Nightly News reported, "The Obama team announced a plan" Tuesday "to extend some of the campaign's rules on lobbyists to the transition effort itself. Federal...

Republican Governors meet in Miami to plot way back to power

Miami (Florida), Nov. 12 (ANI): Republican governors have gathered here to strategise a way back to the White House and to securing a majority in the Congress again. Among the governors attending the three-day moot are Alaska...

What's new: Pelosi 'reigns supreme;' Barone says he was joking about media & Palin

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden plan to be in Chicago today, in what their transition team says will be "private meetings." Meanwhile, here are some of the stories making headlines this morning:...

KEN SILVERSTEIN—Potheads for Change

By Ken Silverstein From The Agitator (via Andrew Sullivan): The latest absurdity to come out of the Office of National Drug Control Policy is an anti-pot PR campaign with the motto, “Hey, not trying to be your mom, but there...

Culture Wars, R.I.P.?

Only four years ago, the media were abuzz with the revelation that a fissure ran through America, dividing us into Republican red states and Democratic blue states, polarity as much cultural as political. Red states are NASCAR...

Christmas Comes Early

Michael Steele and Newt Gingrich running for RNC chairman? On one hand, an odious public figure whose petulance led to the shutdown of the government, on the other hand a failed lieutenant governor and failed senatorial...