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Romney Brings Up Religion Trying To Attract Social Conservatives

GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is reaching out to social conservatives in a new way. At a rally in the gym at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., Monday night, Romney rolled out some new material: The rights given to people by God. “I am just distressed as I watch, as I watch our president [...]

The Governor’s State of the State

Governor Fallin gives her State of the State Address followed by a response from House Democratic Leader Scott Inman of Del City.

Reaction to Gov’s Call for Income Tax Cuts

The Governor’s call to eliminate a billion dollars in income tax revenue is getting mixed reaction at the state capitol.

It’s ScuttleButton Time!

Now that the Super Bowl is over, and pitchers and catchers are still days away from reporting, there’s obviously only one thing left for you to do. Solve this week’s ScuttleButton puzzle. Every Monday on this site I put up a vertical display of buttons. Your job is to simply take one word (or concept) [...]

Live Coverage of the State of the State

Oklahoma’s growing economy is leading some lawmakers to consider a cut to the state’s income tax while at the same time facing a possible $100 million shortfall.

Poll Gives Obama ‘Clear Edge’ Over Romney

President Obama has his first “clear edge” over Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney in polling done for The Washington Post and ABC News: “In a general-election test, Obama leads Romney 52 to 43 percent among all Americans; more narrowly, 51 to 45 percent, among registered voters. Among all adults, it’s Obama’s first time topping 50 [...]

AP: Romney Wins Nevada In Sweeping Victory

The Associated Press, relying on entrance polls, has called Mitt Romney the winner, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. NPR has not officially called a winner nor has the state of Nevada. Not all of the results are in from Clark County, which includes Las Vegas [...]

Good January Jobs News, Yes, But Still Much Time Before Election Day

Whoever first said a year is a lifetime in politics was right. A year ago, the U.S. economy’s jobless rate was 9.1 percent, there was open talk of the possibility of a double-dip recession and President Obama’s path to re-election seemed very steep, to say the least. A year later, the unemployment rate fell to [...]

Romney Again A Front-Runner, But At What Cost?

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s decisive win over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Florida returned him to the front-runner’s spot in the Republican presidential race. Romney emerged from that battle with his strengths, but also his weaknesses, on full display. Sometimes hard-fought nominating contests produce a more formidable general-election candidate. That’s what happened to [...]

Gingrich Challenges Florida’s Winner-Take-All Delegate Scheme

From the day Florida announced it would flout Republican National Committee rules by holding a winner-take-all primary prior to the permitted April 1 start date, it was predictable that a loser of that contest was certain to complain. Now, Newt Gingrich’s campaign has announced he will complain. Spokesman R.C. Hammond told reporters Thursday that the [...]