They’re bound to eventually get around to to creating jobs, right? The midterm election cycle really wasn’t that long ago. It was recent enough for congressional Republicans to remember that they did well by running around asking questions like, “Where are the jobs?” Job creation and economic growth remain the dominant issue on the minds [...]

To a certain extent, the 2012 presidential race started a few hours after the 2008 race ended, but in a more literal sense, the next cycle is off to a surprisingly slow start. We’re about a year away from the first nominating contests — Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire primary — and the field of Republican [...]

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is no stranger to political controversy. He has represented a long line of conservative advocacy and attack groups and in that role has become the public face of partisan causes. Indeed, his name and the law firm he founded virtually stand for a branch of Colorado politics that seeks [...]

For much of the contemporary right, there’s a near-obsession with the nation’s Founding Fathers. Conservatives’ understanding of history is a little shakier than it should be, but the right seems convinced that their vision of government is identical to that of those who wrote the Constitution. This is particularly true in the debate over health [...]

Erik Prince, the founder of the private — and embattled — private military contractor Blackwater (now Xe) is reportedly engaged with a South African organization to provide security for Somalia’s battered government. The New York Times reports Prince is involved with Saracen International. The company is based in South Africa and has been tied to [...]

Public Policy Polling has published a follow-up to their numbers released Tuesday that showed all Texas Republicans in a strong position to hold the seat now belonging to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) when she retires in 2012. Wednesday, they detailed GOP voters’ preferences for the primary to replace Hutchison. The candidate that pundits have [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s statement saying she wants Minnesotans “armed and dangerous” during a radio interview in 2009 has become a target of liberals in the wake of the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona this weekend. Rep. Keith Ellison, Bachmann’s neighbor to the south, said such statements have consequences, while New York Times [...]

Constitutional interpretation can lead the unpracticed down surprising and even dark rhetorical alleyways. It happens at dinner tables and in barrooms all the time. It happened to controversial Republican Iowa Rep. Steve King today on Capitol Hill at a Rules Committee hearing on the GOP plan to repeal the healthcare reform law. He ended up [...]

A Denver resident got a surprise yesterday when he took his recycling out: He found a binder full of information about people who have applied for or have received medical marijuana licenses. From a story at Denver’s KUSA-TV 9news website: “I picked the book up and I opened it and right away. I noticed the [...]

Yes folks, the people over at Media Matters have given Sarah ” Barracuda” Palin their newly inaugurated, annual “Misinformer of the Year” award . I must say there could not be a more deserving recipient.  Kudos Sarah, and special mention for your brilliant ” Death Panel”  disinformation campaign during the run up to the Healthcare [...]

As President Barack Obama prepares to sign legislation to repeal the country’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, a group that works with lesbian, gay, and bisexual members of the U.S. armed forces is warning those members to “remain cautiously closeted.” In a press statement released Tuesday, Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of Servicemembers’ Legal Defense Fund, [...]