For the first time in over a decade, Russia is on the verge of fundamental change, and the GOP candidates would be wise to voice support for the country’s burgeoning democratic movement.

Three weeks out from the New Hampshire primary and voters in the Granite State don't seem to have settled firmly on one of the Republican presidential candidates.

For months, pundits have been eyeballing poll numbers and spinning the story that Mitt Romney has a solid, unchanging base of support, and that the other candidates are taking turns being the "Non-Romney" of the day. This consensus view is based on a faulty premise. If eyeballing of the data were enough, God would not have given us econometricians.

None of the candidates in the Fox News/Google debate has shown great strength at the polls in his or her home state. They have tended to underperform rather than overperform the base Republican vote in seriously contested races.

Wednesday and Thursday mark Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential elections. Sadly, what should be a purple-fingered moment brings some hope and much disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – Mubarak was a loathsome stooge, a petty and incompetent rentier tyrant who deserved what he got and more.

Daniels' message, based on his new book, "Keeping the Republic," is important, one that every presidential candidate should heed--because it was about a looming issue that Barack Obama has so far decided to duck but that one of them, if he is elected, may have to confront.

The presidential candidates have a different set of goals and motives than their party's Members of Congress, and their comments, designed to further their own interests, get a lot of attention and shape the narrative and agenda.

Voters in the eight largest states are supporting candidates in the gubernatorial races that favor smaller government and limiting spending.