Rick Holmes: Can voters fix a broken Congress?
The 112th Congress faces the voters next month with a historic distinction: Its 13 percent approval rating is the lowest this close to an election since Gallup started asking people. This unpopularit…
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Editorial: Mitt Romney wins round 1
After a self-damaging few weeks, Mitt Romney did what he had to do at Wednesday night’s presidential debate, besting President Barack Obama in the first of three such confrontations. For his part the…
Philip Maddocks: New ad will portray Romney as extraordinary man of the people
GateHouse News Service Mitt Romney’s campaign is stepping up its effort to make the candidate more appealing to the average voter, saying it will release a new television ad next week in which Mr. Ro…
Rick Holmes: The real deal on Obama’s ‘new deal’
In a week spent celebrating his first term, Barack Obama’s greatest domestic achievement was barely mentioned. Victims of a kind of Stockholm syndrome, they’ve spent four years absorbing myths genera…
Philip Maddocks: Democrats vote to replace the word ‘God’ with ‘Bill Clinton’
GateHouse News Service Reacting to the chorus of praise for the convention speech delivered by Bill Clinton, Democrats hastily voted to change their party platform for a second time in less than a we…
Eric P. Bloom: 7 tips on running virtual meetings
It seems that more and more companies are creating multi-location workgroups and allowing people to work from home. As a result, new and experienced managers alike are having to learn to run meetings…
Philip Maddocks: Biden offers to entertain big donors in Romney’s absence
With Mitt Romney planning to cut back on his appearances at big-money fundraisers as his campaign enters the final stretch before Election Day, Vice President Joseph Biden sought to quiet concerns am…
Philip Maddocks: Romney concerned that half the country thinks he cares about them
Mitt Romney on Tuesday defended his expressed indifference for the 47 percent of adults whom he said pay no income tax, but he expressed alarm that his remarks might be construed to mean that he thou…
Editorial: Rights for me, but not for thee
Sometimes you have to wonder if the cultural canyon between the West and the Arab world is impossible to bridge. Sometimes you have to wonder if the political divides in this country — which have tak…
Rick Holmes: Romney campaign sputtering in the home stretch
Heading into the home stretch of the 2012 presidential race, Barack Obama is opening up a lead. Last week, Mitt Romney hit the accelerator and just about ran his campaign off a cliff. All polls are s…