Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. April 12, 2012.
The GOP candidates, flattered nonstop for years on Fox, suddenly found themselves competing for the channel's attention and fighting for kingmaker Roger Ailes' affection.
The GOP's priority is to ensure continued power by reducing the turnout of demographic groups like students, blacks, Hispanics that traditionally vote Democrat.
William D. Hartung, TomDispatch.com. March 20, 2012.
When it comes to the American military, the leading Republican presidential candidates evidently only learned to add and multiply, never subtract or divide.
Santorum celebrated his defeat by denying climate change. Romney celebrated his win with a lightbulb lie. And a prominent pollster said voters are stupid. Pattern?
There really is a science of conservative morality, and it really is vastly different from liberal morality. And there are key lessons to be drawn from this research.
The Republican presidential campaign is not just about the presidential race. It is about using conservative language to strengthen conservative values in the brains of voters.
The Republicans are hoping to blame this rise in the price of gas on Obama's environmentally friendly policies. But here are two major problems with their story.
Bill Moyers, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Moyers & Company. February 22, 2012.
Bill Moyers talks with media critic Kathleen Hall Jamieson about money in politics, the media's missteps and the way the GOP's jeers shape debate results.
Ana Marie Cox, Comment Is Free. February 19, 2012.
Most Republicans like to talk about contraception and sexuality without actually talking about sex. Santorum seems to revel in it--and it freaks the GOP out.
