Eugene Robinson: Surely GOP's loony behavior is some kind of trick

I think I've figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security.

Can the GOP abandon its alternate universe?

Maybe the party is finally over. Meaning not simply the Grand Old Party, but more specifically the bacchanal of the bizarre and carnival of crazy to which it has lately devolved. So obvious has this devolution become that even Republican stalwarts have been heard to decry the parody of a par…

George H. W. Bush

Pres. George H. W. Bush, right, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, left, stand at attention as they listen to their respective anthems during a welcoming ceremony at Kubba Palace, Friday, Nov. 23, 1990, Cairo, Egypt. Later on Friday Bush travels to Geneva to meet Syrian President Hafez El…

George H. W. Bush

Pres. George H. W. Bush talks to reporters at the Oval Office of the White House during his first full day as president, Saturday, Jan. 21, 1989, Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

George H. W. Bush

President-elect George H. W. Bush holds his hands up to acknowledge the crowds applause, and ask them to allow him to continue his speech, during his victory rally with grandson, George P. Bush, right, and son George W. Bush, left, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1988, Houston, Texas. (AP Photo)

George H. W. Bush

With King Hussein of Jordan, at the helm, Vice President George H. W. Bush, standing, center, and their wives, Barbara Bush, second from left, and Queen Noor, cruise while staying at the kings summer guest house, Aug. 1, 1986, Aqaba, Jordan. (AP Photo/ Ron Edmonds)

Más que un comentario: El colmo de la desfachatez

En el "autoanálisis" que los republicanos están actualmente llevando a cabo para explicar y supuestamente corregir las causas de su sorprendente derrota en la elección presidencial (la sorpresa fue únicamente para ellos, y ahí comienza el problema) destaca la "epifanía" relacionada con la in…

Palin skips GOP convention, campaigning in Arizona

GILBERT— One well-known Republican will not be at the Republican National Convention.

Republican National Conventions: A look back

Sen. Robert Dole addresses the GOP Convention in Kansas City Thursday, August 19, 1976 after he was nominated as the party's vice Presidential candidate. (AP Photo)

Republican National Conventions: A look back

Transportation secretary Elizabeth Dole and her husband, Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., acknowledge the applause of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, August 21, 1984 in Dallas. The two spoke to the convention separately. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Republican National Conventions: A look back

First Lady Barbara Bush reacts to Sen. Phil Gramm, who delivered the keynote address to the Republican National Convention at the Houston Astrodome, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1992, Houston, Tex. Gramm derided Democratic candidate Bill Clinton's economic program as a "Lemon for America." (AP Photo/Ma…

GOP targets food stamps, federal pensions for cuts

WASHINGTON — Republicans controlling the House are targeting food stamps, federal employee pensions, tax breaks for illegal immigrants and subsidies under President Barack Obama’s health care law in a multifaceted drive to swap cuts to domestic programs for big Pentagon cuts scheduled next year.

Nation must come before party

You figure the White House is probably feeling pretty good about itself right now.

New law to redraw Pinal lines voided

PHOENIX — A judge has voided a new state law that its sponsor admits was designed to shift control of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors from Democrats to Republicans.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Democrats enjoy edge in voters, but GOP has City Council hopes

Given the Democratic voter edge in the city of Tucson, there are generally two ways that Republicans can win a seat on the City Council on Nov. 3.

GOP senators who rejected rape amendment were right

WASHINGTON

Prop. 200 is attempt by GOP to gain power

Proposition 200, the Public Safety First initiative, changes the city Charter to require increased police and fire personnel. The initiative does not specify a funding source for the increased services. It is one of those "unfunded mandates" that has Republicans at the state level so exercised.