James Dobson’s slam on Newt Gingrich at the recent behind-closed-doors meeting of evangelical Christian leaders grabbed a lot of attention in the press, but no one seems to remember that these two have a past. In 2007, Gingrich went on Dobson’s radio program to confess his history of marital infidelity, and received the blessing of numerous TheoCon leaders for doing so.

Now, though, Dobson appears to have led the charge against Gingrich in that meeting of religious conservatives. Is Dobson repenting for having given Gingrich a platform to try to rebuild in image back in 2007?

After only two weeks as an announced candidate, two new national polls show Texas Gov. Rick Perry with an impressive double digit lead over the next strongest candidate, Mitt Romney.

Every time I look at the field of Republican candidates for president, I find myself distinctly… underwhelmed. Apparently it’s not just me:

These poor wingnuts. They just can’t figure out how to criticize the Black Jimmy Carter for killing The Greatest Terrorist Evah.

It’s really time for either some consistency in the way the government pursues its war on terror violent extremism, or an admission that the war on terror has disintegrated into a war on those who oppose U.S. empire. The government is still investigating a bunch of peace activists for material support. And yet four prominent Republicans can offer the same kind of material support as the peace activists — but this time in service of war or U.S. hegemony or oil — with no similar consequences?

No wooden stake can rid us of Rudy Guiliani.

Dredging up the idea that Giuliani may be a viable candidate in ’12? Must be a slow news day for Politico.