Wonkblog
What the GOP candidates would really do to deficits
WONKBOOK | A new report takes every tax and spending policy the Republican candidates have offered and tallies them up.
Romney’s different brand of fire in the belly
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In terms of sizzle, Sen. Rob Portman makes Mitt Romney look like Lady Gaga. So when the two men shared a stage on Monday afternoon, the result was pure and unadulterated ennui — exactly the sentiment greeting Romney’s presidential aspirations in the GOP electorate.
The Fix by Chris Cillizza
Google shows how debate hurt Rick Santorum
Wednesday night, rivals took on former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum’s record in the Senate, challenging his claim on the conservative mantle.
The Take by Dan Balz
Santorum goes on defensive
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was thrown on the defensive during a debate as rival Mitt Romney attacked the former senator over spending and earmarks.
2chambers: Covering Congress
Suspicious mail sent to congressional offices
At least five offices — all outside the Washington area — have received notes and letters with a suspicious powdery substance, and similar letters may exist, officials warned.
In the Loop
Forbes to Santorum: Stop talking about Satan
Publisher Steve Forbes, during a phone interview, reflects on the GOP candidates.
Election 2012
Santorum makes zero mention of jobs in CNN debate
A dismal stat for the last GOP debate.
44: Politics & Policy
Obama pays tribute to black experience
The president hailed the groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Wonkblog
Climate skepticism moves to classrooms
The Heartland Institute unveils a new plan to contest climate science in classrooms. Will global-warming skepticism spread to schools?
The Federal Eye
Postal Service to announce facility closures
Workers should know by day’s end whether they work at one of the processing facilities slated to close soon.
The Plum Line
Republicans debate, Republican voters lose
Third-rate slogans, misleading rhetoric and outright mistruths.
She the People:
Chris Christie White House fat jokes on rise again
The Chris Christie girth control watch and fat jokes have returned to TV amid chatter about a brokered Republican nominating convention.
She the People:
A Murphy Brown moment in Arizona debate?
Would a debate moderator ask the hopefuls about sitcom reproductive “lifestyle choices?”
She the People:
Clay Aiken v. Catholics in renewed culture war
Aiken has released a video opposing an amendment to the North Carolina state constitution that would define marriage as between a man and a woman.
The Fact Checker
Fact checking the CNN debate in Arizona
We examine ten dubious statements, in what may be the last GOP debate of the 2012 primary season.
House report critical of Bush, Obama on Gitmo
The report examined policies that led to the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who later reengaged in terrorism.
Panetta, Clinton condemn Marine video of corpses
Top U.S. officials try to contain fallout after U.S. Marines apparently urinate on corpses of dead Afghans.
Was Petraeus the model for book’s drunk general?
Image on new book by Michael Hastings appears to show uniform of retired general
Al Kamen
‘Vietnam,’ ‘Westmoreland’ don’t inspire confidence
Al Kamen’s In the Loop on Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s unfortunate choice of analogies, candidates’ press-bashing and too-candid e-mails.
Al Kamen
Party crashers in Michigan
Al Kamen’s In the Loop, on the odds that Democratic crossover voters will affect the critical Michigan presidential primary, and the Iraq embassy contest.
Al Kamen
Secrecy prize goes to Justice Department
Al Kamen’s In the Loop reports on the winner of the National Security Archive’s annual award, named for Nixon secretary Rose Mary Woods.
Walter Pincus
Profiting in Afghanistan
The need for interpreters has produced a major contracting boom for what started as a small company in Ohio.
Walter Pincus
Panetta vs. congressional critics
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta’s reception on the Hill shows rough times ahead for the Obama administration’s proposed defense reductions.
Walter Pincus
U.S. shippers watch for progress in Panama and ports
A project to deepen and widen the Panama Canal aims to help U.S. businesses meet a new foreign challenge.
Joe Davidson
House GOP targets congressional retirement benefits
It’s not unusual for House Republicans to call for limits on federal retirement benefits, but this time the targeted benefits are their own.
Joe Davidson
Nothing merry about pension proposal
COLUMN | The higher payments required of workers hired after this year are just the latest foray into federal workers’ pockets.
Joe Davidson
House panel hearing attracts little interest
FEDERAL DIARY | The most interesting thing about the government reorganization hearing was the title: “Why Reshuffling Government Agencies Won’t Solve the Federal Government's Obesity Problem.”
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank Live: Santorum's Nazi comparisons and more
Dana Milbank discusses his latest columns and political news.
Dana Milbank
Rick Santorum cries Nazi
Santorum exists in a place of binary extremes of good and evil, where his political foe isn’t just wrong but adheres to a “phony theology” not found in the Bible. His frequent tendency to go from zero to Nazi over ordinary political disagreements shows why he’s outside the bounds major political parties have applied to their past presidential nominees.
Dana Milbank
Romney’s different brand of fire in the belly
In terms of sizzle, Sen. Rob Portman makes Mitt Romney look like Lady Gaga. So when the two men shared a stage on Monday afternoon, the result was pure and unadulterated ennui — exactly the sentiment greeting Romney’s presidential aspirations in the GOP electorate.
Eugene Robinson
No contest
All of the GOP’s potential 2012 candidates are uninspiring or unelectable.
Charles Krauthammer
Overreach: Obamacare vs. the Constitution
Give him points for cleverness. President Obama’s birth control “accommodation” was as politically successful as it was morally meaningless. It took only a handful of compliant Catholic groups to hail the alleged compromise and hand Obama a major political victory.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gorbachev at 80
Though poorly appreciated at home, the former Russian leader should be honored for his great vision.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wisconsin - it's about democracy
Unions' fight is the fight of every U.S. worker.
Anne Applebaum
Cameron not protecting the euro
The British prime minister has his own art of the deal.
PostPartisan
GOP debate night: mash-up in Mesa
These gatherings have excited and terrifying, and tonight promises to be no different.
PostPartisan
Romney might need Michigan miracle
There’s a tension between what Republicans say they want in a nominee and who that nominee should be.
Kathleen Parker
An era of 'hard-core women'
Now would be a very good time to be a cartoonist. Or perhaps not. As the late cartoonist Doug Marlette frequently lamented, "How do you cartoon a cartoon? We're living in 'Toon Town.' "
Kathleen Parker
An era of 'hard-core women'
Now would be a very good time to be a cartoonist. Or perhaps not. As the late cartoonist Doug Marlette frequently lamented, "How do you cartoon a cartoon? We're living in 'Toon Town.' "
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