During his failed 1994 Senate race, Mitt Romney tried to reassure liberal Massachusetts voters that "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush; I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush." Now, Reagan's ghost is getting his revenge. After Romney defended the carried interest exemption that allows him to pay a lower tax rate than […]

Earlier this year, Mitt Romney spoke glowingly of his friend and former Boston Consulting Group colleague, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We can almost speak in shorthand," Romney told the New York Times, adding, "We share common experiences and have a perspective and underpinning which is similar." As it turns out, that shared perspective extends […]

Ann Romney picked the wrong week to complain that her husband "has been demonized in many ways as being heartless." As a video released Monday from a recent big dollar donor event once again confirmed, "heartless" doesn't begin to describe Mitt Romney. After all, the same man who said last year that the President "reminded […]

Last summer, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified that if Congress did not act to spur the sluggish economic recovery, the central bank would. Now, more than a year after fleeting GOP presidential front-runner Rick Perry (R-TX) first suggested the "treasonous" Fed chief should be lynched if he followed through on his pledge, Republicans are […]

Mitt Romney's foreign policy manual is a lot like the Kama Sutra. It contains virtually every possible position. As it turns out, Romney's tried them all. But he's offering no apology for being unable to maintain any of them for very long. As a quick glance shows, the Romney guide to international relations may start […]

When it comes to the subject of taxes, virtually article of faith held dear by Republicans has been proven false. For example, it's not true that "tax cuts pay for themselves" or that they increase revenue. Now, two new studies cut right to the heart of the bogus conservative claim that slashing tax rates for […]

If there were any lingering doubts about Mitt Romney's unfitness to serve as Commander-in-Chief, his shameful response to the killings of four Americans at a U.S. consulate in Libya should have put them to rest. Romney didn't know the facts. He didn't know the timeline of events. He didn't know who was responsible for the […]

That former Bush speechwriter and current torture enthusiast Mark Thiessen would accuse President Obama of skipping daily intelligence briefings should come as no surprise. That he, along with Dick Cheney, would do so to mark the solemn anniversary of the September 11 attacks is not just a national disgrace, but a personal one. After all, […]

For most liberals, the Constitution's aspirational goal for "We the people" to "form a more perfect Union" is a guiding statement of American national purpose. Nevertheless, these days many blue staters are growing exasperated with their red state brothers and sisters. After all, the "Southernization" of American politics has helped give conservative policies and politicians […]

Mitt Romney has a national defense problem. Or more accurately, a series of problems. After all, the same man who five years ago said that "it's not worth moving heaven and earth" to get Osama Bin Laden forgot to mention America's war in Afghanistan and the men and women still fighting it during his RNC […]