By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
The daughter of former President Ronald Reagan said this week that her father would not have stood in front of same-sex marriage, saying that opposing it would have clashed against his governing philosophy.
In the wake of the 2012 election, the Republican Party needs to recruit new messengers in the states to reach out to Hispanic voters, recruit minority candidates and carry the party's message of limited government to "a community that is understandably skeptical," the GOP's point man for bolstering the party at the state level said in an interview Tuesday.
A bristling group of 25 traditional conservatives are out to protect one of their own in a new push against the "establishment Republicans" of Karl Rove's American Crossroads.
Just two days from the finish, President Obama's campaign is mobilizing a massive get-out-the-vote effort aimed at carrying the Democrat to victory, as Republican Mitt Romney makes a late play for votes in Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania.
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
With the White House race barreling toward the finish, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were staying out of the spotlight Monday, underscoring the intense focus each campaign is placing on the second presidential debate.
President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are skipping campaigning Sunday to focus on preparing for their debate Tuesday night, with the incumbent trying to rebound from a widely panned performance at the first faceoff and the GOP candidate hoping to repeat his strong showing.
Obama campaign strategists aren't ready to hand over the 2012 election to Mitt Romney after his strong debate showing, but they do want to give him an Academy Award.
Senior Romney campaign adviser Ed Gillespie dismissed questions Sunday about whether the Labor Department's unemployment figures have been manipulated for political purposes, saying, "The numbers themselves are very damning."
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
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Republican Mitt Romney is arguing America needs new foreign policy leadership, using President Obama's handling of the Middle East as an opening to criticize the incumbent before Wednesday's first presidential debate.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will recalibrate his message over the final weeks of the race, his campaign said Monday, putting a "new emphasis" on the "specific aspects" of his policy prescriptions for strengthening the nation's economy and foreign policy abroad.
No punches were pulled in the fight to land the Republican Party's presidential nomination this cycle. Social conservatives, Tea Partyers, libertarians and moderates split to back their favored candidates in the primary campaign, but now the dust has settled and Mitt Romney has earned the nomination.
"I think one of the questions is, I believe the platform right now calls for a federal constitutional amendment to ban it. You know, there may be a debate about that," Mr. Gillespie said.
Huckabee, Santorum urge GOP not to go soft on social issues like gay marriage →
And top Republican Strategist Ed Gillespie, former header of the Republican National Committee and ex-adviser to former President George W. Bush, said over the weekend on "Fox News Sunday" that the party could consider tweaking the 2012 platform, which endorsed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
Huckabee, Santorum urge GOP not to go soft on social issues like gay marriage →
