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The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard sits down with columnists Peter Fenn and John Feehery to discuss the new race for the White House after the first Presidential Debate.

The Hill's A.B. Stoddard sits down with Alex Bolton to discuss the state of the 2012 Senate races.

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard sits down with Pundits Bloggers John Feehery and Peter Fenn to discuss the 2012 race for the White House days before the first debate. 

The enduring value of virtue and the timeless tragedy of vice are neither a vestige of Athens nor a unique phenomenon of the 21st century. They are, in fact, enduring principles that have governed the domain of angels and demons since the dawn of time.

Through the storm of war, famine, poverty and economic collapse these ageless signposts have guided and governed the actions of men from Eden to Babylon, from Rome to Washington.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in giving up his position as a co-chairman of the Obama campaign and instead taking on the gargantuan task of raising super-PAC money, is returning to his roots. He got his start with Bill Clinton’s campaign: as a relentless fundraiser, he helped to make the already scandal-scarred Arkansas governor’s unlikely nomination victory possible. Emanuel became the master of calling people: instead of saying thank you when his targets mentioned an amount they were willing to give, he lambasted and embarrassed them, telling them he wouldn’t accept that lowly sum because he knew they could do better. And they did.

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Mitt Romney, desperate to steer clear of distractions, gave himself a good one Friday by stumbling into the toxic brew now known as "birtherism."

Romney not only surprised the political world late Friday night, but he has become a different candidate for president. 

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard sits down with John Feehery and Rodell Mollineau to discuss the 2012 veepstakes and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) comments on presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s taxes.

While I respect Ted Cruz, the future of Texas is not the Tea Party, but the brilliant mayor of San Antonio and rising star of Democrats, Julian Castro. In my last column I described why President Obama is light-years more qualified to be commander in chief than Mitt Romney. Perhaps Sarah Palin and Romney can debate each other to determine who is more unqualified to command, but make no mistake: Hillary Clinton towers over them both. If Clinton were running for president today, she would probably defeat Romney in Texas. If Clinton runs against Palin in 2016, she would sweep Texas and send the part-term, one-term governor back to reality TV.

Establishment Republicans rally today to debunk Sarah Palin much as Letterman, Couric, Tina Fey and the vast info/entertainment culture did at the beginning. It is a measure of her success and the fear Grizzly Mama strikes in the heart of the timid. The Ted Cruz victory in the Texas Senate race brings substantive political change and Sarah Palin is behind the paradigm shift. It is, as The Washington Post called it, “a victory for the Tea Party.” Today, “the establishment” pushes further away from the main pulse of America and Sarah Palin holds the pulse.