Mitt Romney weighed in today on the battle in the US Senate to confirm federal district court judge Leslie Southwick to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Romney stated:  read more »

The Hill has an interview out w/Joe Liberman...and discusses his feelings on the Dem majority and their lack of fortitude in the War on Terror...which prompts some to think over the possibilities of a Lieberman party switch (which he won't rule out) and it's repercussions for the GOP in 2008, etc...  read more »

After going to all the trouble of moving their primary up to February 5th and becoming part of the "Super-duper-Tuesday" insanity, pols out in California are upset that they don't seem to be getting the extra attention they think they deserve - or at least the attention that they thought such a move would bring.  read more »

Can the House Republicans hold out against calls to pass the Senate's version of immigration reform? Will Speaker Dennis Hastert keep his pledge never to bring legislation to the floor that doesn't have support of a majority of the House Republican caucus? Will the White House pull out all the stops in pressuring House members to support the Senate version? Will real conservatives  read more »

The national Republican Party needs a revival. It needs a renewed focus on its animating objectives. Specifically, the Congressional Republicans have lost much of the revolutionary zeal that brought the party to majority status in Congress and have become too satisfied with simply being a majority. As a result, they have grown afraid to take strong stands for fear of losing power.<  read more »