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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.