RT Santorum fights charges he's a "fake" conservativeCBS NewsRon Paul why he's running a negative ad against Santorum that calls him a "fake" conservative. "Because he's a fake," Paul retorted. The libertarian congressman said he finds it "fascinating" that politicians will support one policy in office and then …Libertarian-leaning Republican... 

USA TODAY Democrats Urge Obama to Tap Reserve Oil as Industry ObjectsBusinessWeek22 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama should release crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to stem rising gasoline prices, three US House Democrats said, a move the energy industry opposes. “This most-recent run-up in prices is primarily the …Lawmakers to Obama: tamp down fuel prices with oil stocksReutersAren't... 

USA TODAY Poll: Optimism on the economy doesn't lift views of politicsUSA TODAYBy Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Americans are feeling better about the nation's economy but not about its politics, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. By Susan Walsh, AP A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds that more Americans see President Obama's tenure …and more » usa politics –... 

The Politics Of Biology: Bioprogressives Vs. BioconservativesForbesAs advances in technology give us greater control over our own biology, the debate over science and bio-ethics keeps heating up. Our biopolitical and bioethical struggles span human concerns from birth to death. Should embryos be tested genetically in … us political progressives – Google News  Bookmark... 

Los Angeles Times A GOP Base Strategy Worked in 2004 and 2010, Can It Work in 2012?Huffington Post… pundits who assured us back in 2000 that George W. Bush, given the contested presidential election, would have to "move to the center" are today telling us that the Republican candidates' stoking of the culture war is "toxic" to independent voters …Listen up voters,... 

Haaretz (blog) Polls up pressure on US presidential candidates ahead of Republican debateHaaretz (blog)US Republican presidential candidates US Rep. Ron Paul (left), former US Senator Rick Santorum and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (right), in Arizona, Feb. 22, 2012. According to the polls, if Romney ran against Obama in Arizona he would get …US Republican Presidential Candidates... 

Boston.com The money men shaping the U.S. election campaignCanada.comLas Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson, seen in Singapore in this July 2009 file photo, is one of the top donors to the Republican presidential campaign, giving $ 10 million to a Newt Gingrich-aligned SuperPAC. WASHINGTON — A quarter of the money …A political tip sheet for the rest of usBoston.comIn Republican Race,... 

“Religious Freedom” and the Conservative Quest for Absolute TruthReligion DispatchesThough the chapter deals overtly with American religious life in the 1950s, I find it a useful key to unlock the paradoxes that arise whenever religion meets conservative politics. The gist of the argument as I read it (begging Wuthnow's pardon for the …and more » us political conservatives... 

BusinessWeek Democrats largely embrace Obama tax frameworkThe Hill (blog)Republicans, and many business groups, instead want to shift the US to a system that would shield most foreign profits from American taxation. But for the most part, Democratic lawmakers backed the ideas outlined by the White House.Obama's Revisits Re-Election “Fairness” Theme with Corporate TaxesFox NewsObama Tax... 

Christian Science Monitor Politics of Rick Santorum's theology: Is faith a kingmaker or deal-breaker?Christian Science MonitorMr. Santorum, the former US senator from Pennsylvania, was excoriated by pundits this week, after a 2008 speech to Ave Maria University surfaced in which he suggested that Satan is waging a “spiritual war” on the United States. Earlier in the week, …and more » usa...