February 6, 2012

STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — As the Republican primaries proceed -- as scripted -- to anoint Mitt Romney the GOP establishment's nominee (an outcome likely to ensure a second term for Barack Obama), the need to understand Mitt Romney increases... (more)

February 6, 2012

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The Republicans appear destined to slug it out for a few more rounds before landing on a candidate. But Republican strategists have their eyes on the target: extracting the tools of power from a man widely viewed as not just wrong-headed, but dangerous... (more)

February 6, 2012

AMY CONTRADA — "He could have stopped it, and should have stopped it," Huckabee said. CNSNews.com: Governor Romney should have stood up to the Court and said, "No"? Huckabee: He should've. (August 2008)... (more)

February 6, 2012

ROBERT SHIBLEY — Since the Supreme Court's sharply divided and startlingly wrongheaded decision two years ago in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, those concerned about religious liberty on campus have known that the fallout was on its way. At Vanderbilt University, it has arrived -- and it's as bad as anticipated... (more)

February 6, 2012

QUIN HILLYER — Missouri's "beauty contest" primary on Tuesday could be Rick Santorum's big chance. If he defeats Mitt Romney in that event, as at least one poll shows he is poised to do, the punditocracy and public alike might finally recognize the considerable upside he would offer Republicans as their presidential nominee... (more)

February 5, 2012

PUBLIC POLICY POLLING — Last night's results in Nevada were bad news for Newt Gingrich and PPP's first day of polling in Colorado and Minnesota indicates things may only get worse for him in the coming days. In Colorado Mitt Romney looks primed for another big Western win to match his one in Nevada. He leads with 40% there to 26% for Rick Santorum, 18% for Gingrich, and 12% for Ron Paul... (more)

February 5, 2012

WORLDNETDAILY — The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide... (more)

February 5, 2012

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama uses his faith "as a convenience" when it serves him, while at the same time being the most anti-religion president in history, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum charged in an exclusive Newsmax interview... (more)

February 4, 2012

DAVID LIMBAUGH — In the intense heat of the present, it is easy to forget even the relatively recent past, but it seems to me that this GOP primary season is more acrimonious than the past few, probably because the stakes are so high... (more)

February 4, 2012

JIM HOFT — Last week Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan lashed out at the Obama Administration for forcing religious organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience... (more)

February 4, 2012

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Preliminary results of a poll of voters in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses show Mitt Romney's victory flowing from his best performance yet among conservatives plus overwhelming backing from the state's Mormons... (more)

February 4, 2012

NEWSMAX — Pressure from the "liberal media" made the Susan G. Komen breast-cancer screening organization "snap like a toothpick" and reverse its decision earlier this week to halt funding of Planned Parenthood, according to conservative media watchdog Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center... (more)

February 4, 2012

RASMUSSEN — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14 (see trends)... (more)

February 3, 2012

CNN MONEY — What Would Jesus ... Deduct? President Obama offered a new line of reasoning for hiking taxes on the rich on Thursday, saying at the National Prayer Breakfast that his policy proposals are shaped by his religious beliefs... (more)

February 3, 2012

CHRIS ADAMO — Few political events have caught fire in the American Heartland with the swiftness of Congressman Allen West's January 28, 2102 Lincoln Day Dinner address in West Palm Beach Florida. Lambasting the intellectual dishonesty and subversive motives of the left, Congressman West declared in unmistakable terms that Real America will have no more of the liberal agenda... (more)

February 3, 2012

MONTE KULIGOWSKI — Those who get their news from the establishment media may not know that Barack Obama stands in jeopardy of being denied placement on Georgia's ballot for the 2012 presidential race. The mere thought of such a thing is preposterous to the elitist press and is certainly not worthy of ink or camera -- unless for a good laugh at those crazy birthers... (more)

February 2, 2012

MICHELLE MALKIN — President Obama and his radical-feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It's about time all people of faith fought back against this unprecedented encroachment on religious liberty. First, they came for the Catholics. Who's next?... (more)

February 2, 2012

VANDYFORRELIGIOUSFREEDOM.COM — Last year, Vanderbilt University placed five longtime extracurricular religious groups on "provisional status" -- jeopardizing their continued role on campus -- because these groups required their leaders to share the groups' core religious beliefs... (more)