The RNC Appears to Be Pushing Away Anti-Gay Posturing
Resolution challenging Supreme Court marriage decision rejected.
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Why the GOP Sucks at Courting Millennials: 'The Selfie Vote' Author Kristen Soltis Anderson
The Republican pollster talks to Nick Gillespie about how to win the hearts and minds of a generation that has yet to realize its own political power.
The Political Process Has Many Problems, But the Fact That Activists Have a Microphone Is Not One of Them
Are conservative media responsible for congressional dysfunction?
Here Are the 10 Republican Presidential Candidates Who Will Compete in the First GOP Debate
Fox News releases list of candidates who qualify for Thursday's prime time primary showdown.
Libertarians Should Look Twice at Planned Parenthood Defunding Efforts
GOP move to "defund Planned Parenthood" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Stephen A. Smith: Every Black Person Should Vote for the Republican Nominee for President in 2016
Perhaps some Republican candidates may even be more capable of demonstrating black lives matter than Democrats
Edward Snowden Should Be Publicly Hanged, Former Intel Committee Vice Chairman Says
Let's be more like Iran or ISIS
The Unbearable Smugness of John Kasich
The Ohio governor's campaign wants you to believe he's a rebel and iconoclast. But really he's just a jerk.
Who Would Make Cut if First GOP Candidate Debate Was Held Today?
Trump, Walker, Bush, Paul, Rubio are top five; clusterfudge at bottom of latest poll.
Ohio Republicans Spent More Than Half a Million Keeping Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Earl Off Ballot
Earl could have siphoned votes away from Republican Gov. John Kasich.
Donald Trump Is Appealing to "Racist" Voters, Says Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson
"I don't want to have anything to do with it," says Johnson. "It embarrasses me."
Gallup: Trump "Not A Serious Candidate" Say 75 Percent of Americans
Trump's campaign is "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"
Rupert Murdoch Says Donald Trump Wrong on Immigration—Lindsey Graham Says Trump is 'killing my party'
Graham thinks Trump's an "economic genius," but his ideas on immigration aren't even economically literate.
Scott Walker's Anti-Gay Marriage Positions Displease His Own Family
There is no political future in fighting government recognition
Taking a Whack at Donald Trump: The Piñata
Can you tell which one is the idiotic blowhard?
Matt Welch on Millennials and the Post-Gay Marriage GOP: 'If you're perceived to be intolerant, forget it'
Also, new study proves I might be right!
Ohio Gov. John Kasich to Officially Join GOP Presidential Horde
Like so many other Republican candidates, John Kasich espouses socially conservative views and apocryphal support for limited government.
What Can We Learn From National Primary Polling? Virtually Nothing.
Who's up? Who's down? Who cares?
Impromptu Celebration Outside SCOTUS After Gay-Marriage Ruling
Supporters of the Court's decision outnumbered opponents.
Conservatarians Rising?
Charles C.W. Cooke on blending elements of the conservative and libertarian philosophies.
Former DeMaio Aide Admits Fabricating Threats over Sexual Harassment Claims
Internal scandal roiled congressional efforts of gay libertarian Republican.
GOP's Diverse Presidential Lineup Won't Solve its Minority Problem
It has a knack for picking candidates who are alienated from their communities
The Eternal Recurrence of Bush Conservatism
Can "conservatarians" save the GOP from itself?
Deeply Confused Newsweek Story Compares Republicans to Timothy McVeigh
The weekly gets both the past and the present wrong.
That Time Dennis Hastert Became Speaker of the House Because He Was Asexual
He was not only an undistinguished leader but a exemplary Republican during the Bush years, when the small-government party lost its way.
Carly Fiorina and John Kasich Crack Republican Top 10, Ousting Perry and Santorum
Five-way tie at the top between Bush, Carson, Huckabee, Rubio, and Walker.
Marco Rubio's Foreign Policy: Reckless, Reactionary Big-Gov Love
Hey Rubio: If government can't manage health care, how can it manage regime changes in foreign societies?
Lindsey Graham Running for President, Because He Thinks 'the world is falling apart'
South Carolina Republican the latest to pre-announce he's running for president.
Carly Fiorina Is Running for President, Wants to Be the Anti-Hillary, Needs Better Web Staff
Visit CarlyFiorina.org and you'll see the number of people the newly-announced presidential candidate laid off as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
Hillary Clinton, Ben Carson Lead With Millennial Voters
Clinton dominates support among young liberals, while support among young conservatives is more widely split.
Poll: Republicans Prioritize Israel's Interests Over America's
"Their Country, Right or Wrong!"
How Rand Paul and Ted Cruz Are Shaking Up the GOP Presidential Nomination Process
Politics has become more democratized and that's a great thing.
Jim Webb Looks at Rand Paul
On criminal justice reform: "the Democrats have basically ceded this incredibly important issue to the Republicans, and Rand Paul's the guy who's been running with it"
James Baker, J Street, and the Transformation of the Republican Party
The difference a quarter century makes
Ronald Bailey Scores Six Republican Presidential Wannabes on Science Issues
The results are pretty disappointing
Ted Cruz Will Not Be Downplaying His Position on Traditional Marriage
His campaign site plays up his activism in "defending marriage."
The GOP's Budgetary Shenanigans Discourage Necessary Pentagon Reform
The Department of Defense will continue to avoid hard choices if the war hawks prevail and gut spending caps.
Senate Republicans Push for War With Iran
If anything can persuade Iran's rulers to go for a nuke, it's these hardliners' lust for war.
Polls Show More and More Support for Gay Marriage. Will GOP Candidates Let It Go?
Rand Paul continues trying to thread the needle with "private contract" argument.
GOP Candidates Quizzed on Farm Policies, Fuel Mandates at Iowa Ag Summit
A Huckabee gem from the Summit: "If I were the president, I would like to have all the authority there is."
The War of 1812 Dramatically Changed American People and Government
"Forget self and think of America," wartime pundits urged.
Social Conservative Worries That the GOP Is Getting More Libertarian, And Also That It's Getting Less Libertarian
A party pulled in multiple directions
