The Republican four man presidential nomination 'food fight' has come to an end with Rick Santorum's latest impressive wins.

'Rocky' Santorum has managed to muscle this Republican primary bout into a two man slugfest.

Newt Gingrich's failed 'Southern Strategy' - where he did not capture Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi or Louisiana...

The Republican Party is going through some serious growing pains.

Something big is happening in the GOP race for the presidential nomination this year.

It is probably more significant in the long term than it appears.

When it is all said and done it will signify a monumental shift...

Suffering the chants of "Newt Can Win" and "USA USA" all the commentators who thought South Carolina would hand Mitt Romney the brass ring and a ticket to ride to the nomination - its time to eat crow!

Newt laid the gauntlet down tonight in his victory...

As the first Republican presidential candidate - except for a sitting president - to sweep both Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt Romney seems poised to capture South Carolina this Saturday and go on to win the nomination of his party.

No Republican presidential candidate except for a sitting president, has...

As I head off to New Hampshire for the Primary which is on Tuesday, one thing is clear - the battle for the soul of the Republican Party continues.

Some have criticised the early roles that Iowa and New Hampshire play in the Republican nomination process, however in many ways...

Although we now have a winner in Iowa - Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum by eight votes and Ron Paul came in a very close third place - we may also have a real loser in this Iowa quadrennial contest, the American voter.

Romney came into the...

The State of Play.

As I write this blog I am headed to Iowa with less than two days until the first caucuses take place.

The Iowa Caucuses are the official beginning of the race for the Republican Presidential nomination and where the rubber...

During this contentious political season with all that has been said about the anger, hatred and the disgust we American's have for one another - let me say on this Christmas morning - that I have never been prouder to be one of over three-hundred-million Americans who still believes in...

"There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear..." Buffalo Springfield.

Occupy Wall Street is sending a loud and clear message to congress and its Super Committee, so they better well listen!

Occupy Wall Street does have a message, even though they may not have found the right...

Dear Democrats,

As in my last blog "An Open Letter To Republicans" where I told them that they better get used to Mitt Romney - here is my advice to you Democrats... Hold your nose and swallow hard Obama is your man!

It is tradition that you Democrats like to...

Dear Republicans,

Since you are all so terribly unhappy with your present cast of presidential candidates, here's what you are going to have to do - hold your collective noses and swallow hard.

Unless Jeb Bush decides to put you all out of your agony and enter the race or...

The dour economic news today is beyond sobering-- it is down right frightening and terrifying the entire Western World!

Highly educated young people in America have an employment rate of 53%-- that means their unemployment rate is 47%-- the highest since the end of World War II.

It really is...

This week the IMF lowered its forecasts for growth for both the US and Europe. The IMF expects growth in the developed world to expand at the unacceptably low rate of 1.5%

S&P flexed its muscles once again downgrading Italy this week.

This move follows on the heels of its...

This year America is commemorating the 150th Anniversary of The Civil War.

Once again this great nation seems to be painfully divided.

The political and social upheaval that is marking this anniversary is taking shape in possibly the most contentious election year climate since Reconstruction.

In that time Americans struggled...

Although the key players in this Administration may NOT have been shocked by the S&P downgrade late last Friday night just after the markets closed - the rest of us clearly were blindsided!

It was the first time in history the American economy was wounded and held hostage by the...

After a long and painful process both Houses of Congress finally voted to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending in an effort to begin to reduce the deficit.

These legislators managed to piece together a deal that was able to garner enough votes to pass just before the U.S....

Last night both the Democratic and Republican Leaders of the Senate and the President all came out to publicly announce that they had the framework for a deal to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit thereby warding off a global financial catastrophe.

This framework provides for some cuts...

This weekend in Washington we saw the political spectacle continue - much to everyone's amazement.

On Sunday night just before the Asian financial markets opened, both sides announced that there was no deal and they planned to go their separate ways to solve the problem.

Once again both the sticking...