Last summer, in the heat of the debate over health care reform, Washington Republicans were eager to embrace and promote the Tea Party movement. Their protests, rallies, and town hall meeting antics gave the GOP a megaphone with which to fight the Democratic plan to extend health coverage to millions....

In February, the Wall Street Journal reported that Republicans were "stepping up their campaign to win donations from Wall Street. In discussions with Wall Street executives, Republicans are striving to make the case that they are banks' best hope of preventing President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats from...

When asked in September 2008 what newspapers and magazines she reads to "stay informed," Sarah Palin famously declared she reads "all of them." Well, in the sixteen months since that interview, it has become abundantly clear that's not true. When offering her take on current events, Palin routinely...

Whenever Sarah Palin is fixin' to grab to some headlines, she writes a Facebook note and an accompanying Washington Post op-ed. Then, she picks fights with anyone who dares to criticize her weak grasp of the issues.

Such was the case yesterday. After writing a grossly inaccurate op-ed on...

As the debate over health care reform enters its final weeks (hopefully), House Republicans are pulling out all the stops in their attempt to derail progress. Yesterday, Republican members of Congress, led by Rep. Michele Bachmann, organized a "house call" in which they hosted 4,000 tea party activists.

For those...

Over the past year, and especially since the tea party protests on April 15th, there's been a lot of chatter about "AstroTurfing" (fake grassroots activism). As these "AstroTurf" organizations sprouted up, progressive operatives and bloggers scrambled to link them to big business and political players in Washington. Well, the scrambling...