Why aren't voters moving to the left, toward parties favoring bigger government, during what increasingly looks like an economic depression?

One of the few issues on which opinion has moved left over the last few years is same-sex marriage.

Napoleon is supposed to have said that the quality he most valued in his generals was luck. In the current race for the Republican presidential nomination, Napoleon's favorite would clearly be Mitt Romney.

At the moment, national polls show Herman Cain leading or tied for the lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Mocked by The Wall Street Journal and Sen. John McCain as the little people of the "Lord of the Rings" books, the Tea Party "Hobbits" are indeed returning to Middle Earth -- to nail the coonskin to the wall.

By Friday of this week, the Senate Majority leader hopes to conclude debate on the financial reform bill. This bill has been pending for more than 3 weeks and major legislation is getting backed-up due to the valuable floor time it is consuming. Passing financial reform out of the Senate this week will  be a tough feat for the Senate Democrats, because more than 100 amendments remain to be considered.