In the flash of an eye, Newt Gingrich has gone from a dead-as-a-doornail has-been to anointed candidate of the Republican Party. He even tells us so himself, in case there is any doubt. Romney’s fumblings do nothing...

Last night the Republicans held another debate. Like Dancing with the Stars, the field has been shrinking. Like American Idol, we aren’t seeing much that is new. Romney remains the clueless aristocrat. Gingrich the ever-adaptable pitchman. He...

This season’s Republican battle for the presidential nomination has been like watching the numbers in an elevator bank in the Empire State Building. They seem to go up and down momentarily. In the long run this morning’s...