Sarah Palin's Slap Shot

Jacob Heilbrunn, 11.13.2009

Author, "They Knew They Were Right: the Rise of the Neocons"

The truth is that Sarah Palin's current and most immediate struggle isn't against President Obama or the Democratic party or even liberals. It's against the GOP itself.

Top-Down Blowback; The GOP Discovers That the Grassroots Bites Back

Rob Kall, 11.11.2009

Host, Bottom-up Radio Show WNJC 1360, publisher, OpEdNews.com and Futurehealth.org

Limbaugh, Beck and Palin tap the energy and emotions of the masses and flame their biases and bigotry. The web and the media have changed the rules. The grassroots are connected like never before.

You Are Not a "Great American," Sean Hannity

Andy Ostroy, 11.10.2009

New York City-based political analyst

If Sean Hannity truly wants to be the "great American" he claims to be, he can start by being truthful to his listeners and by not rooting for his supposedly beloved America to fail under the current leadership.

Tactics of the GOP First Unit Bill

Joe The Nerd Ferraro, 11.10.2009

Joe the Nerd Ferraro is a husband, dad, computer nerd, and a general pain to the local government in Audubon, PA.

The problem is the Democrats in Congress pride themselves in being a bunch of twigs. By not sticking together, they lost for everybody.

Q: How Much Taxpayer Money Will GOP Waste to Fire up an Anti-Immigrant Base?

Frank Sharry, 11.06.2009

Frank Sharry is Founder and Executive Director of America's Voice

A: Billions upon billions, if some Republicans get their way. Fortunately, they didn't get their way on the Census yesterday. The Vitter-Bennett censu...

The Sad Tale of Greg the Republican

Andy Ostroy, 11.06.2009

New York City-based political analyst

I have this friend. We'll call him Greg. Greg's an insufferable Republican. One of those Republican stooges who drives you nuts. The kind that seems ...

The GOP Health Care Plan: A Cruel Joke

Deepak Bhargava, 11.06.2009

Executive Director of the Center for Community Change

Some had the audacity to hope that the Republicans would work with the President to solve health care. Now, it's clear they are putting insurance industry profits above the health of America's families.

One Spin You Won't Hear From Republicans About Tuesday's Election

Andy Ostroy, 11.05.2009

New York City-based political analyst

What you won't hear the spinners crowing about is the shocking punch to the gut the GOP took in upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District, where a Democrat won for the first time in over 100 years.

Make No Mistake, Tuesday's GOP Surge Was About Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 11.04.2009

Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator

The bad mistake liberals, progressives and the media made was to confuse Obama's popularity with support of his policies. Nothing could be further from the truth.

If It's Broke, Don't Fix It

Steven Weber, 11.04.2009

Actor, wise-ass

Since all but jettisoning traditional conservative principles for an unholy fealty to opportunistic disingenuousness, Republicans have evolved into a mono-principled pitbull party in which the only defining characteristic is dumb, lethal loyalty.

Green News Report -- November 3, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 11.03.2009

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The clock is running out on the road to Copenhagen; Oil company slapped with record fine; Another toxic Chinese import? ......

There is No Equivalency Between Right and Left

Ben Cohen, 11.03.2009

Editor of The Daily Banter.com

As money has slowly but surely taken over the political process in America, it is no longer possible for a candidate to achieve mainstream recognition...

Republicans Will Sweep on Election Day: How They Will Do It and What It Means

Sophia A. Nelson, 11.03.2009

Editor in chief, Political Intersection Blog

To lose badly in Virginia says more than Mr. Deeds was not a good candidate. It says that the president does not have any coat tails, at least not today.

Why the GOP Will Rise Again

Michael Wolff, 11.03.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

The strange business that is going on in New York's 23rd Congressional District, which occupies some other universe than the one commonly associated w...

Hillary Would Have Made a Terrific Vice President, Bill Notwithstanding

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 11.01.2009

Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator

The thinking among Team Obama was that Bill would have meddled, bossed, shoved his weight around, and been an insufferable know-it-all wise guy on policy issues.

So What if a Public Option Leads to Single-Payer?

Sahil Kapur, 10.30.2009

Writer, Journalist

The conservative indictment against a public option is deeply ironic, and when closely examined, consists of two entirely contradictory cases about the nature of government.

Present at the Cremation: The Long, Slow Death of the GOP?

Rob Diamond, 10.29.2009

Navy Veteran and Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project

We are witnessing today an unmistakable emergence of deep fissures within the Republican Party. It begs the question, are we watching the beginning of the end -- the long, slow death of the GOP?

Another GOP Swipe Against Women

Candace Straight, 10.28.2009

Co-Chairwoman, Republican Majority for Choice

As a Republican, I favor limited government. But the Republican senators who voted against the anti-rape measure ignored common decency and basic human rights.

Cartoon: Joe Uncool

Shan Wells, 10.28.2009

Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator

What do Joe Lieberman and Lucy from Peanuts have in common?

Reagan's Anti-Government Kool-Aid Has Poisoned Civil Public-Option Dialogue

Bill Mann, 10.28.2009

TV-Radio Critic www.dcweasels.com

The indignant, GOP, all-government-is-bad know-nothings have swallowed the Kool-Aid. And Ronald Reagan was the guy who dressed up as a giant pitcher and convinced them do it.

Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV, 10.27.2009

Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...