Christine Todd Whitman encourages Jon Huntsman to run as a 3rd party candidate — but wouldn't it hurt Obama?

Although Huntsman and Whitman are nominally Republicans, I can't read this without assuming their agenda is to help President Obama win...

"Bush would be regarded as a lefty today."

From Crack Skull Bob, documenting this morning's talking heads: Brilliant, as always. I love the Jon Huntsman: See and read the whole th...

"It gets a little lonely over here in Siberia from time to time" was the wry whine from the under-included Jon Huntsman at the debate last night.

But does he have serious cause for complaint? Personally, I would love to hear from Thaddeus McCotter. Remember him? He was kept out of the...

"Yes, nothing goes better with a brutal political attack than acoustic guitars and whistling."

That's sarcasm , but I actually think incongruously lighthearted music is captivating. Can you think of some examples of incongruously l...

How sincere was Jon Huntsman when he gave the speech nominating Sarah Palin at the 2008 GOP convention?

He was confronted today on "Meet the Press, for saying "We are looking for a beacon of light to show us the way.... We are lookin...

Yesterday, we drove past the new "Occupy Madison" encampment...

... which you can see in the first 10 seconds of this 14-minute video... ... and you can hang out with Meade and me for the rest of the driv...

"We are shamelessly promoting our dad..."

Jon Huntsman's daughters:

The point in the debate when my doubts about Herman Cain suddenly spiked.

Julianna Goldman, the Bloomberg TV White House Correspondent, noting Cain's disapproval of Ben Bernanke, asked him "which Federal ...

Is Huntsman about to get McCottered?

He can't seem to hit the threshold — 2% in the polls — for inclusion in the next debate. That's what ended the candidacy of Thaddeu...

I get the feeling you might want to talk about Herman Cain.

He won the Florida straw poll . By a lot. Cain's landslide victory, with 37 percent of the vote, exceeded the combined total for Perry a...

Chris Matthews feels something "big" and "hard" and "bad" and it's Rick Perry.

Chris Matthews. I know. Why am I even listening? I didn't listen to the MSNBC commentary after the debate. (I immediately switched over ...

Live-blogging the Republican Debate.

Come on! Hang out in the comments. We're doing this! 3:32 minutes into the show — Live-stream here ... as Rick Perry gets the first ques...

Jon Huntsman has an "anti-GOP" approach, crafted by his chief strategist, John Weaver.

According to Paul Gigot. Mr. Weaver has long been at war with the GOP mainstream, and his candidates typically end up running against some e...

Romney and Huntsman — the 2 Mormons in the Republican race — are avoiding the Iowa straw poll.

As NYT presents it , they don't see the advantage in exposing themselves to the judgment of evangelical Christians: But there are signs ...