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Martin DyckmanJune 30, 2014

Listen up, Tea Party. I’m going to talk about Rand Paul. Favorably. But first things first. As we all remember from school, the independence we’ll celebrate this week was a revolt against taxation without representation. Although the revolutionary agenda was actually more complex, taxation certainly was the spark. But even today, 238 years later, there […]

Guest AuthorJune 1, 2014

Take your blinders off: This is why the Koch Brothers and radical-right groups will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the 2014 midterm elections, why Gov. Rick Scott wants to raise $100 million to get re-elected — and how you can defeat them. If the Tea Party-GOP gains control of the U.S. Senate, Sen. […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 10, 2014

There were some fascinating takeaways from the just-completed 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Rand Paul won the presidential straw poll for the second year in a row, up six points from last year to win going away with 31 percent. His win is no surprise, since the CPAC crowd is thick with younger libertarian-leaning […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 18, 2014

The Republican Party needs a Pope Francis. You know, an old white guy who is tolerant. Kind, not grumpy. Open to more than only people who have millions of dollars or an extra-large chip on their shoulder. Notice that Pope Francis hasn’t changed any fundamental beliefs of the Catholic Church. He’s just made it more […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 24, 2013

Like a minor leaguer who shockingly grabs an established star’s spot in the majors, has an out-of-this-world first few seasons, then overthinks his meteoric rise and falls back down to Earth; Marco Rubio is his own worst enemy as he keeps trying to snap out of a prolonged slump. Not long after ascending to anointment […]

Guest AuthorNovember 6, 2013

I used to have a ready quip whenever someone would ask me who I favored in some sporting event or political race in which I had no use for either contestant: “I’m rooting for injuries,” I’d say. OK, it’s supposed to be clever, but I know it’s gratuitously nasty, inappropriate and beneath me. It’s also […]

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Martin Dyckman: Let’s celebrate July 4 by restoring felons’ voting rights

Stephen Goldstein: Will the Koch Brothers own Florida in November?

Daniel Tilson: Takeaways from CPAC 2014

Mark O’Brien: The GOP needs an endearing leader like Pope Francis

Daniel Tilson: If Marco Rubio has ‘still got game,’ what is it?

Steve Robinson: Rand Paul plagiarized; does he want to be VP?