GOP Field Will Keep Looking “Weak” Until Voters Know Who The Candidates Are

By Jonathan Bernstein Should the press pay attention to Sarah Palin? In the wake of yet another Palin fiasco -- what Dave Weigel called a "strange and, frankly, immature" attack on the author Joe McGinniss -- Greg Sargent asks:

By Jonathan Bernstein

The modern primary system for determining presidential nominees we take for granted nowadays began in earnest in the 1970s. For the Republicans, it really started in 1976 when Ronald Reagan challenged President Ford.

I agree with Jamelle Bouie that while Mitt Romney’s RomneyCare problem may be surmountable, his additional Mormon problem may not be:

Ever since Rick Santorum ended his presidential campaign a year ago this week, he has acted as if that defeat was just a brief setback in his running quest for the Republican nomination.

OXON HILL, Md. —  Sarah Palin mixed anti-Obama rhetoric with calls for a more inclusive GOP at Washington’s Conservative Political Action Conference as Republican party leaders started their auditions for 2016.

I nearly always disagree with Bernanke on monetary and fiscal policy. Specifically, the Fed ought not have a monetary policy for the simple reason the Fed should not exist. Indeed, the Bernanke Fed and the Greenspan Fed have both proven beyond a shadow of a doubt they do not know what they are doing, where the economy is headed, or anything else of relevance in setting monetary policy.