Reagan's conservative economic prescriptions have been touted as the height of Republican fiscal discipline so frequently that they've achieved commandment status within the party. That this commonly held notion is demonstrably false speaks volumes...

Expect Obama's critics to amplify their complaints over the delay, but recent events -- misbehavior from Afghan Pres. Karzai and a stern warning from U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry -- have led the President to resist military pressure...

Too often, Americans mistakenly trace a direct line of causation between President Ronald Reagan's leadership and the fall of the Berlin Wall. If you count yourself among those whom subscribe to this historical revisionism, don't feel bad.

Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in comparison.

Along with 2012 presidential hopefuls, Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey fought hard to displace Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava. By clearing the way for Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman, Bill Owens gets the Dems a win

Just over nine months into his first term, President Obama faces an unfortunate set of choices regarding another of his predecessors messes. And as he contemplates his Afghanistan strategy, the president is taking pressure from all sides.

Following sharp criticism from Dick Cheney, the White House response has been sharp and appropriate, but why should they respond at all? Of course, they must as the media will insist upon propping up Cheney's remark as legitimate discourse...

Today, Iran denied that its officials met with Israeli official last month in Cairo to discuss the possibility of a nuclear-free Middle-East. An official with the Israeli Atomic Energy Comm. said that the talks took place, and Egyptian officials confirm.

With AHIP report & conservative commentary discredited, will Obama bring reluctant Dems into line on health care reform, or will the PCCC persuade Sen. Reid to do it?

The ad, from a progressive advocacy group, profiles Lee Slaughter, a nurse from Las Vegas who is struggling because of the lack of appropriate health care. Towards the end of the ad she says that she wants a public option.