Oscar pickers look a lot like tea party members

Who knew that voters for the Academy Awards are as white, old and male as members of the tea party?

Republican hearing on contraceptives was dumb politics

Congressional Republicans held a hearing about birth control and religion last Thursday, and the take-away image from the gathering is a shot of the key witnesses: five middle-aged men representing various religious organizations.

Mitt Romney, vulture capitalist, stalls in blue-collar Michigan

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Sports Illustrated bikini model Kate Upton sparks a debate

Kate Upton, the model splashed across the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, is at the center of a hot debate that has nothing to do with birth control, Mitt Romney’s tax returns or how the heck Newt Gingrich persuaded three women to marry him.

Americans need to learn from Italy's failures

While American political junkies are consumed with the wonderfully volatile reality show called "The Republican Presidential Primaries," a somewhat more serious, and perhaps more consequential, political drama is underway in Italy.

Poor Mitt Romney; Rick Santorum is getting the Valentine's love

Desperate for the love of conservatives, Mitt Romney must be heartbroken to see all the flowers and chocolate-covered strawberries going to Rick Santorum.

An exit speech for the next candidate to call it quits

Over the weekend, Sarah Palin said Mitt Romney has yet to convince conservatives he is really one of them. "He still needs to be able to articulate what his solutions are to the challenges facing America – but not just Mitt," she said. "All four of them."

At CPAC, candidates decry President Obama's 'war on religion'

President Obama is trying to accommodate Catholic bishops on birth control, but at CPAC, Republican presidential candidates still ranted about his assault on religion.

From Prop. 8 to birth control, Santorum leads the culture war

Proposition 8! Catholics and birth control! Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood! Could Rick Santorum have asked for a better confluence of controversies?

Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad riles Karl Rove

Karl Rove claims Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl ad for Chrysler was a devious pitch to promote the Obama reelection campaign.

Likeable Rick Santorum attracts independents Romney is losing

Is Mitt Romney the Republicans' man of destiny or will Rick Santorum finally get his moment in the sun?