Many of the letters from Wisconsin today have to do with violence: threats against Governor Walker and members of his administration, the increases in their security details, their worries about their spouses and Children, and so on. I have heard …

House Republicans are all-in entitlements, as Bob Costa and Andrew Stiles detailed in their piece yesterday. This is principled and brave (just like the intellectual godfather of this effort, Paul Ryan). We’ll have to see how it plays politi…

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said today he believed President Obama was “missing an historic opportunity” “to do the big things” that will right the course of the country for the next generation. “I look at what…

By Rep. Peter Roskam   — Peter Roskam is the chief deputy whip for the House majority. House Republicans are all-in entitlements, as Bob Costa and Andrew Stiles detailed in their piece yesterday. This is principled and . . . G…

Washington — Jay Carney had a smooth debut as White House Press Secretary this afternoon, in the sense that he avoided gaffes and made little news. Instead, in a relatively quiet briefing, Carney, a former Time reporter and adviser to Vice P…

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has come under fire for refusing to condemn a group pushing for a state license plate honoring Confederate general and founding member of the Ku Klux Klan Nathan Bedford Forrest. “I don’t go around de…

In 2006 and 2007, Flake co-authored the STRIVE Act, an Immigration Reform bill that included a pathway to legalization for undocumented immigrants. When asked on Tuesday by Mother Jones whether he’d still support a pathway to legalization, F…

Roll Call on Rick Santorum’s Google problem, mentioned here in 2006. Giving a nasty tactic fresh attention it desires.  Notice how whenever Activist gays want to delegitimize their opponents, their first resort is to accuse any cri…