The Five Best Saturday Columns
On the Middle East trade-off, "Bad Grandpas," and cupcake fatigue.
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The 2012 election was supposed to be can't-miss for the GOP. By historical standards, 2014 is supposed to be a good year, too. Will the Republicans mess everything up again? Right now, they're figuring out their options.
On the Middle East trade-off, "Bad Grandpas," and cupcake fatigue.
Plus: Track Palin gets hitched and Peter Fond's harsh words for Obama
Republicans in Congress aren't eager to either criticize or vote for the proposal
She's still "seriously considering" running for president
Gingrich's campaign continues to wobble as staffer sends out bizarre email
And a new trend emerges: Being mean to Gingrich on tape
Gingrich has faced overwhelming criticism since he criticized a GOP Medicare overhaul
NBC's First Read thinks so, and Nikki Haley's comments might support the theory
Newt Gingrich got a not-so-warm welcome to Iowa today.
Republicans shift talking points as most voters don't want to see benefits cut
Fawning GOP candidates scramble to win his approval
Her new version of the infamous story is met with skepticism
If Gingrich's candidacy is mostly a curiosity to Americans, what can foreigners think?
No one's quite sure what the potential presidential candidate is going to say
Turns out Gingrich used to really like individual mandates before Obama
On political wives, female genital mutilation, and the torture debate
The expected announcement came via Twitter and Sean Hannity's Fox News show
Huffington may have changed, but the way we see Gingrich hasn't
House speaker calls for Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie to run in 2012
His third wife will play a big role in his 2012 campaign
The "stale" candidate has raised more money than all potential rivals combined
It's a strong indicator that both are running for president in 2012
The first debate of the primary campaign is on Thursday and will be sparsely attended
Former N.M. Gov. Gary Johnson, pro-weed legalization, announced his candidacy
Once said to behave like a "precocious teen," Gingrich is now compared to an infant
This time he's got a 9-point lead over second-place Mike Huckabee
And the Barney Frank lines keep on coming...
Herman Cain says he wants to prevent Sharia law from creeping into our government
The candidate says he wasn't a hypocrite for cheating on his wife at the time
Follow the eerie echoes between the debates
There's a lot of switching around when it comes to positions on Libya
The Tea Party favorite is putting together a campaign team in Iowa
The presidential candidate's only consistent line: He doesn't like what Obama's doing
President Obama's health care overhaul turns one year old today
Republicans mostly attack Obama for delaying action
Newt Gingrich has a balanced budget and 4 percent unemployment in the Final Four
Gingrich says he made mistakes--like infidelity--because he loved America so much
For an announcement of candidacy, this was pretty ambiguous
We read the tea leaves: Newt's now waffling, Huckabee's stock took a hit, and no questions about Romney
The network cites their presidential ambitions
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