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The big takeaway from Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech on October 8 is that there’s no big takeaway.  The Republican presidential candidate’s speech did not lay out a coherent foreign policy. Amidst the platitudes and vague generalities, the implied bellicosity and patriotic sentimentalities, there’s no sense of proportion, no sense of scale, little indication of priorities, and no bright, quotable line that crystallizes the candidate’s Romney Doctrine beyond a, “vision for a freer, more pro

The big takeaway from Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech on October 8 is that there’s no big takeaway.  The Republican presidential candidate’s speech did not lay out a coherent foreign policy. Amidst the platitudes and vague generalities, the implied bellicosity and patriotic sentimentalities, there’s no sense of proportion, no sense of scale, little indication of priorities, and no bright, quotable line that crystallizes the candidate’s Romney Doctrine beyond a, “vision for a freer, more pro

(Credit: Gage Skidmore) According to a pair of new Pew polls, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has nearly caught up with President Barack Obama on the handling of foreign policy. The first poll still has Obama leading 47-43, which is down from the 15-point lead he held earlier. The second poll found that independents disapproved of Obama's reaction to the latest developments in Libya 40-28. The results of these polls came before the much-discussed exchange between the two candida

Below is the official transcript from the Jill Stein and Gary Johnson Debate, hosted by IVN on Google Plus Hangouts, October 18, 2012. ----- Steve Peace – Welcome to the IVN Presidential debate. My name is Steve Peace I’m co-chair of the independent voter project. We’re joined by Governor Gary Johnson who is in Laramie Wyoming, he’s the Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States, and by Dr. Jill Stein, she’s joining us from Seattle Washington, she’s the Green Party candidat

Below is the official transcript from the Jill Stein and Gary Johnson Debate, hosted by IVN on Google Plus Hangouts, October 18, 2012. ----- Steve Peace – Welcome to the IVN Presidential debate. My name is Steve Peace I’m co-chair of the independent voter project. We’re joined by Governor Gary Johnson who is in Laramie Wyoming, he’s the Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States, and by Dr. Jill Stein, she’s joining us from Seattle Washington, she’s the Green Party candidat

Current projections are that the Democrats will retain control of the Senate by a narrow margin. But that could change, particularly if Romney continues to surge and carry GOP Senate candidates along with him. Energy and environmental policy are areas where this really matters. The House of Representatives has passed numerous bills relating to energy and environmental issue over the past two years. These bills have died in the Senate, but that could change with a new Senate. Republicans in almo

(Photo: ABC News) While there is no mathematical formula for calculating partisanship, both party-line voting and ideology were considered in finding the ten most partisan members of Congress. In determining a Republican's partisanship, his score from the American Conservative Union (ACU) and the percentage of the time that he voted with his party, according to OpenCongress.org, were factored. For example, an ACU annual score of 95% or higher and voting with the party at least 96% of the time

Credit: fitsnews.com US Senator Rand Paul, through his political action committee, RANDPAC, is distributing ads against Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio over their support for foreign aid to countries that are hostile to the United States. Featuring harrowing images of rioters and burning fires from the Middle East, the narrator says: "While they tear down and burn the American flag in Egypt and shout 'Death to America,' Joe

Up until this point in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney has largely avoided providing a hard line stance on Middle East foreign policy. On Monday morning, Romney spoke at the Virginia Military Institute which served as a perfect backdrop for the presidential hopeful to define his global defense initiatives and his approach to the Middle East. Romney spent the majority of his time speaking in detail on Obama’s shortcomings as Commander-in-Chief. He said of the president, “[His] policies

Up until this point in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney has largely avoided providing a hard line stance on Middle East foreign policy. On Monday morning, Romney spoke at the Virginia Military Institute which served as a perfect backdrop for the presidential hopeful to define his global defense initiatives and his approach to the Middle East. Romney spent the majority of his time speaking in detail on Obama’s shortcomings as Commander-in-Chief. He said of the president, “[His] policies