By Byron York
Marion Barry is one politician who’s not going to distance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “It was a brilliant speech,” the former mayor of Washington, D.C., told me after Wright’s appearance at the National Press Club Monday morning. “I’ve read his sermons, I’ve been to his church, so I know about him. [...]

ABC News’ Nitya Venkataraman Reports: In a Tuesday appearance on Good Morning America, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., suggested that controversial pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright is angry with parishioner Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and may be deliberately trying to hurt his presidential bid.
Saying that Wright “went out of his way to weaken Obama” during [...]

Grand Old Partisan salutes Ulysses Grant, the second Republican to serve as President of the United States.  He was born in Point Pleasant, OH on April 27, 1822.  Sometimes overlooked are President Grant’s exemplary efforts to protect African-Americans from their Democrat oppressors.
In 1870 and 1871, President Grant signed into law three laws known as the Enforcement [...]

As John McCain continues his push towards the White House, we at the GOPNation have solicited readers’ opinions on who the Arizona Senator should pick for his vice president. After two rounds of votes that cut the number of possible candidates down from 16 to 4, we now present the top 4 choices. The top [...]

Nothing is more fraudulent than calls for a “dialogue on race.”
Those who issue such calls are usually quick to cry “racism” at
any frank criticism. They are almost invariably seeking a
monologue on race, to which others are supposed to listen.
—Thomas Sowell

During Barack Obama’s tremendously overrated “speech on race”—delivered in Philadelphia [...]

Through springtime, the GOPNation.com will look at the shifting winds in the 2008 presidential election campaign by analyzing the swing states that include Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. These 18 states total 215 electoral votes.
Note: Barring [...]