STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — As the Republican primaries proceed — as scripted — to anoint Mitt Romney the GOP establishment's nominee (an outcome likely to ensure a second term for Barack Obama, many believe), the need to understand Mitt Romney increases... (more)

NEWSMAX — Singer, author, and conservative activist Pat Boone has endorsed former Sen. Rick Santorum, whom Boone described as holding the same ideals as President Ronald Reagan. "I am excited to endorse Rick Santorum for president," Boone said. "I've known Rick for many years, and Rick has been a consistent defender of conservatism and the values our great nation was founded upon... (more)

RICHARD A. VIGUERIE — Former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove is one of the chief spokesmen for the Washington Republican establishment. This election cycle, Rove's hobbyhorse has been to promote the "inevitability" of moderate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's nomination as the Republican candidate for President... (more)

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The Republicans appear destined to slug it out for a few more rounds before landing on a candidate. But Republican strategists have their eyes on the target: extracting the tools of power from a man widely viewed as not just wrong-headed, but dangerous... (more)

AMY CONTRADA — "He could have stopped it, and should have stopped it," Huckabee said. CNSNews.com: Governor Romney should have stood up to the Court and said, "No"? Huckabee: He should've. (August 2008)... (more)

ROBERT SHIBLEY — Since the Supreme Court's sharply divided and startlingly wrongheaded decision two years ago in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, those concerned about religious liberty on campus have known that the fallout was on its way. At Vanderbilt University, it has arrived -- and it's as bad as anticipated... (more)

QUIN HILLYER — Missouri's "beauty contest" primary on Tuesday could be Rick Santorum's big chance. If he defeats Mitt Romney in that event, as at least one poll shows he is poised to do, the punditocracy and public alike might finally recognize the considerable upside he would offer Republicans as their presidential nominee... (more)

PUBLIC POLICY POLLING — Last night's results in Nevada were bad news for Newt Gingrich and PPP's first day of polling in Colorado and Minnesota indicates things may only get worse for him in the coming days. In Colorado Mitt Romney looks primed for another big Western win to match his one in Nevada. He leads with 40% there to 26% for Rick Santorum, 18% for Gingrich, and 12% for Ron Paul... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama uses his faith "as a convenience" when it serves him, while at the same time being the most anti-religion president in history, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum charged in an exclusive Newsmax interview... (more)

DAVID LIMBAUGH — In the intense heat of the present, it is easy to forget even the relatively recent past, but it seems to me that this GOP primary season is more acrimonious than the past few, probably because the stakes are so high... (more)

JIM HOFT — Last week Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan lashed out at the Obama Administration for forcing religious organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience... (more)

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Preliminary results of a poll of voters in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses show Mitt Romney's victory flowing from his best performance yet among conservatives plus overwhelming backing from the state's Mormons... (more)

NEWSMAX — Pressure from the "liberal media" made the Susan G. Komen breast-cancer screening organization "snap like a toothpick" and reverse its decision earlier this week to halt funding of Planned Parenthood, according to conservative media watchdog Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center... (more)

RASMUSSEN — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14 (see trends)... (more)

CNN MONEY — What Would Jesus ... Deduct? President Obama offered a new line of reasoning for hiking taxes on the rich on Thursday, saying at the National Prayer Breakfast that his policy proposals are shaped by his religious beliefs... (more)

CHRIS ADAMO — Few political events have caught fire in the American Heartland with the swiftness of Congressman Allen West's January 28, 2102 Lincoln Day Dinner address in West Palm Beach Florida. Lambasting the intellectual dishonesty and subversive motives of the left, Congressman West declared in unmistakable terms that Real America will have no more of the liberal agenda... (more)

MONTE KULIGOWSKI — Those who get their news from the establishment media may not know that Barack Obama stands in jeopardy of being denied placement on Georgia's ballot for the 2012 presidential race. The mere thought of such a thing is preposterous to the elitist press and is certainly not worthy of ink or camera -- unless for a good laugh at those crazy birthers... (more)

MICHELLE MALKIN — President Obama and his radical-feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It's about time all people of faith fought back against this unprecedented encroachment on religious liberty. First, they came for the Catholics. Who's next?... (more)

VANDYFORRELIGIOUSFREEDOM.COM — Last year, Vanderbilt University placed five longtime extracurricular religious groups on "provisional status" -- jeopardizing their continued role on campus -- because these groups required their leaders to share the groups' core religious beliefs... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — After Newt Gingrich failed in his Florida bid to overtake Mitt Romney as the GOP front-runner, he now faces a three-man struggle out west to hold on to his status as the top conservative alternative to Romney. "Just yesterday a poll was released showing that I am leading Mitt Romney by double digits in Missouri," former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum wrote in a fundraising email to supporters... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — So, what's up with the AMA? You know, the American Medical Association, venerated representative of the American physician, right? Wrong. This long-lived and generally respected organization, one that represented more than 70 percent of American doctors in the 1960s, has become a shell of its former respectable self, now representing less that 15 percent of America's practicing physicians... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Gallup released their annual state-by-state presidential approval numbers yesterday, and the results should have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue very worried... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — House Republican freshmen have been in Washington for a year, but they haven't become part of the established order. A group of these members gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to announce they would do their share to pay down the nation's crippling $15.4 trillion debt. They believe fiscal responsibility begins with their own office budget... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Washington state Senate approved 28-21 Wednesday a same-sex marriage bill, handing advocates their biggest victory of the 2012 legislative session and all but ensure legalized gay marriage in the Evergreen State... (more)

HUFFINGTON POST — The nastiest campaign is about to get nastier -- and will stay that way all the way to November. The Democrats are planning to play the game the same way the Republicans have been playing it: on character more than issues... (more)