Mike Huckabee charmed Iowa with his playful personality, his gift of gab and his success at losing more than 100 pounds. But it was his conservative convictions on abortion and gay marriage that secured the vote of evangelical Christians, about 60 percent of Iowa's Republican turnout. ...more

January 11, 2008

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appealed to Iowa conservatives on two fronts Saturday, calling for a stronger military and stronger families. ...more

December 23, 2007

One thing the Republican Party has usually been able to depend on is the support of well-off capitalists: From Calvin Coolidge's declaration that 'the chief business of the American people is business' to George Bush's generous tax cuts, it has always been pretty clear to wealth-creators which side their bread is buttered on. ...more

October 29, 2007

The two brides from Massachusetts got dolled up in white and made their way down the staircase at the Highlands Inn, a guesthouse for women tucked away in the New Hampshire woods. ...more

October 28, 2007

Republican Sam Brownback abandoned his 2008 presidential bid Friday, his White House aspirations dashed by a lack of support and money. ...more

October 20, 2007

Froma Harrop, in her column "Democrats Are Normal People," takes Newt Gingrich to task for calling Democrats "the enemies of normal people." She went on to say, "Democrats have emerged as the champions of horse sense and competent government." When the Iranians grabbed our embassy and our people, then President Jimmy Carter showed "horse sense" and allowed them to be held for 444 days thus showing the world that we were cowards and wouldn't fight back. These Democrats worship at the altar of secular humanism. Their most sacred sacrament is to preserve the perceived right of a woman to have her baby slaughtered as 41 million have been killed since 1973. The second most sacred sacrament is to promote and support homosexuals and lesbian, gay marriage and all other deviant lifestyles. ...more

October 12, 2007

Plaintiffs vowed to take the fight over gay marriage in Maryland to the Legislature after the state's highest court threw out a suit Tuesday challenging a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. ...more

September 19, 2007