Other than being the highest-profile Republican victims of Tea Party candidates, what do Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle, Charlie Crist and Arlen Specter have in common?

I've always considered former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to be an astute political observer.

Let's get this straight once and for all: The vast -- and I mean vast -- majority of those who identify themselves as Republican voters, or as independents who likely will vote in Republican primaries in 2012, have no problems with the tenets and beliefs of the tea party movement.

NEW YORK -- Despite its considerable gains in the midterm elections, the GOP has a problem looming in the margins named Sarah Palin.

NEW YORK -- In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black.

Newt Gingrich wants to keep illegal aliens in this country so their children can work as school janitors.