February 5, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
North Dakota looks poised for a big fight over higher education. Governing the state’s colleges and universities has bedeviled the state since the beginning, and there have been several crises. The current situation seems heading in that direction. Continue Reading
June 27, 2012 in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON Calculating who will write the final decision of the Supreme Court’s term is a game that usually interests only a small band of lawyers, professors, reporters and politicos who obsess over the justices’ every footnote. Continue Reading
March 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Mitt Romney’s losses in Alabama and Mississippi underscore a stark reality: The core of his party does not want him. Rick Santorum’s success and Romney’s failure exposed deep divisions within a party torn between a conservative base that’s looking for a candidate who is pure on GOP orthodoxy and the rest of the party, which is looking for a nominee able to beat President Barack Obama. Continue Reading
March 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The Republican presidential candidates don’t have to worry as much about all this because they don’t have the responsibility of governing a luxury President Barack Obama likes to note, although he enjoyed the same when he was the challenger. The Republicans, though, are being drawn into events beyond their preferred message of the day. Continue Reading
March 2, 2012 in West Central Tribune
ST. PAUL Minnesota, Vikings and Minneapolis leaders broke up a closed-door meeting about a stadium Wednesday night, and within minutes a sports Website reported that the Legislature would vote on the measure Thursday.
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February 8, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Mitt Romney’s difficulty attracting conservatives is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the party. Continue Reading
January 24, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
VIDEO: Bottom of articleMitt Romney, who cast aside several moderate positions after leaving the Massachusetts governorship, repositioned himself in a more tactical sense Monday, tearing into Florida like a hungry underdog. Continue Reading
November 10, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, entered November with two chief rivals trying to prove he’s not the front-runner. After 11 days of sex harassment allegations against one and a disastrous debate moment by the other, both challengers appear in trouble. Continue Reading
August 12, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The biggest rumblings in the Republican presidential campaign are coming from Austin, Texas 1,000 miles from the leadoff caucus state where front-runner Mitt Romney and seven opponents squared off ahead of an important test vote this weekend. Continue Reading
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