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John Kasich is not the touchy-feely guy he's pretending to be; he's famously irascible, pugnacious and sanctimonious.

Martin O'Malley formally withdrew his name from the Maryland presidential ballot on Friday, avoiding the potential for an embarrassing home state result in the April primary.

Martin O'Malley withdrew his name from the Maryland ballot on Friday, days after he ended his presidential campaign in Iowa.

Six presidential hopefuls have found some common ground on the nation's future, according to a bipartisan group created to bridge the divide between Republicans.

Lineup includes Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Pulitzer-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin

Best way to get Washington working again is to join No Labels movement

Hopeful signs of reconciliation in hyper-partisan times

An era of partisanship robs us of the notion of public service.

Jules Witcover says America apparently wasn't ready for Americans Elect

There is a key local race on the ballot, one that has the potential to be resolved when the polls close Tuesday, that being the race for Harford County Circuit Court judge.

Doyle McManus: Even conservatives and evangelicals in New Hampshire preferred the man they see as most likely to win

Iowa caucus results show Republicans are still undecided about presidential candidates as doubts over Mitt Romney continue

Ron Paul: In a field of hawkish Republicans (and a hawkish Democratic incumbent), the Texas congressman stands out

Presidential politics: Like "The Music Man," the GOP candidates are busy selling themselves to us — but this time, not in our living rooms

Jules Witcover says much careful work is needed to solve the enigma of the Hermit Kingdom

The Republican primary season is about to begin, and so far, the candidates are all competing over the same narrow segment of the party base.

The normally reasonable former ambassador to China and GOP presidential primary contender Jon Huntsman waffled on the issue of climate change to appeal to the party's base

By constantly searching for the perfect candidate, Republicans risk squandering their chance to oust President Obama.

Rick Perry's pastor diminishes his spiritual message by linking it to politics.

Jules Witcover writes that Herman Cain is the latest flavor of the month for Republican primary voters, and those have historically not lasted long.

Mormonism is no cult but Republican candidates seem unwilling to condemn religious bigotry

Columnist Susan Reimer is mistaken if she believes GOP candidates seek to impose their religious views on others

If Republican presidential candidates can ignore science and reason on global warming and evolution, how can we believe they will listen to evidence in other areas?

Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks stripped the nation of its sense of invulnerability and realigned politics in a way not seen since the height of the Cold War, the impact on voters and candidates is beginning to wane, experts and elected officials say.