Gingrich Is Well-Positioned as South Carolina Votes  —  Newt Gingrich, who had trailed Mitt Romney by a double-digit margin in South Carolina in several polls conducted just after the New Hampshire primary, may instead be headed to a big victory there, recent polling suggests.

Not Just A Democrat Dirty Trick, But A Crime  —  A few years ago, as part of its strategy of facilitating voter fraud as a means of winning close elections, the Democratic Party undertook a campaign to secure as many Secretary of State offices in swing states as possible.

The New American Divide  —  The ideal of an ‘American way of life’ is fading as the working class falls further away from institutions like marriage and religion and the upper class becomes more isolated.  Charles Murray on what's cleaving America, and why.  —  America is coming apart.

Obama Averages 44% Approval in 3rd Year  —  Averaged 43% job approval in most recent quarter in office  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama averaged 44% job approval for his third full year in office, which ended Jan. 19.  His third-year average is down slightly from his second-year average …

Huckabee Wants To Know If Obama Got College Loans “As A Foreign Student”  —  During a Fox News appearance this evening, Mike Huckabee suggested that Mitt Romney, who has come under fire for refusing to immediately release his tax returns, respond by challenging President Obama to release …

Gingrich confronted on race, agrees to meet with Sharpton  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — Newt Gingrich was confronted by a black man outside Tommy's Country Ham House, who drilled him on his comments on having poor children work as janitors.  —  The man, who sounded like he had a northern accent …

Blacks Face Bias in Bankruptcy, Study Suggests  —  Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their debts, a new study has found.  —  The disparity persisted even when the researchers adjusted for income …

The iEconomy: Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class  —  When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.  —  But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted …

Meet the super super PAC  —  Super PACs are just so 2011.  —  Meet the next big thing in U.S. politics: the super super PAC.  —  These nascent groups can not only raise mega cash to promote candidates, but give money to candidates' campaigns — a kind of political power and intimacy today's super PACs alone can't achieve.

Obama: State of the Union will focus on building the economy  —  President Obama said that Tuesday's State of the Union address will focus on building an economy “that's built to last.”  —  In his weekly address, Obama touted his Thursday trip to Disney World, where he proposed easing tourist visa rules …