That whole Newt for President thing really did happen. Watch.

Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) says the federal government shouldn’t be involved in student loans at all: “America has got the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in.”

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Join us on a tour of the shameful and awesome history of big ass cell phones of yesteryear.

For the longest time, liberals had cornered the market on embarrassingly hokey protest music. No longer. But it’s the combination of lameness and intolerance that makes this performance today on the steps of the Supreme Court so special.

Where Obama’s veto threat leaves CISPA.

The Obama campaign has pegged May 5 as the day the President “officially” hits the campaign trail

Turns out Newt Gingrich wins after all… at racking up the most campaign debt of any GOP candidate.

Is Marco Rubio this year’s high risk, high reward veep pick, a la Sarah Palin in 2008?

Here’s a good unpacking of the politics on both sides of the Violence Against Women Act renewal battle shaping up in Congress. Key substantive issues, mixed with political positioning on both sides.