Purity...

Kara Vallow, 12.05.2009

You can tell the sun is setting on a once-great political party when it starts issuing angry, demonizing mission statements that seem deliberately de...

Words That Work

Don McNay, 12.03.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

  A - I´ll always want you B - Because my heart is true C - Come, come, come closer And I´ll tell you of the ABC´s   -Fran...

Conservatives Want Republican Purge Trials

Thomas Frank, 12.02.2009

Author, Wall Street Journal columnist

For years, conservatives have railed against "Republicans in Name Only." But recently, the GOP's leaders have decided that nothing is more healthful in such a situation than hacking off a limb or two.

The Next First Republican Presidential Debate

Bob Franken, 11.30.2009

Appears on MSNBC and is a member of SPJ Washington Hall of Fame

"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT THIS WILL BE!!!" Rush Limbaugh is beside himself. He's the moderator of the first GOP presidential debate of 2012, carried...

Sarah Palin: The Perfect Voice for the GOP

Mike Papantonio, 11.25.2009

Senior partner of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor

Dynamic equilibrium was one of those concepts most of us learned to reduce to a formula in chemistry class. The proof formula was far too complicated...

The Republican Way: Keeping Everything The Way It Is

Alec Baldwin, 11.24.2009

Actor

Health care reform means less money for insurance companies. Thus, less money for the GOP. We should pass this bill for that reason alone.

RIP Compassionate Conservatism

Will Marshall, 11.23.2009

President and Founder, Progressive Policy Institute

In taking a purely obstructionist stance, the GOP has evinced scant empathy for tens of millions of fellow Americans who lack basic protection against illness or injury. So much for compassionate conservatism.

Chemical Plant Security Bill Passes. Entire GOP votes "NO!!!"

Chris Savage, 11.30.2009

Chemist, Vol. Organizer for OFA

The GOP speechify endlessly about the threat of global terrorism, but when it comes to actually taking measures to do that, well, don't ask Big Business to spend their money on it.

Gingrich, Palin, GOP Offer Magic Jobs Solution: More Tax Cuts Now!

Art Levine, 11.25.2009

Contributing editor of The Washington Monthly

With the economy still reeling from unemployment at 10.2% , Democrats and progressives are battling a barrage of GOP-driven misinf...

Pussies Galore

Steven Weber, 11.19.2009

Actor, wise-ass

if you're big enough to wage war you'd better be able to handle the responsibility. The mechanism of Democracy needs to be exercised, not suppressed.

The GOP "Comeback" is Really a Throwback

Nathan Daschle, 11.19.2009

Executive Director of the Democratic Governors Association

American voters will reward the party that optimistically puts forth a concrete plan to return prosperity. And while the jury on the new administration is still out, the case against the GOP has long been closed.

Will the GOP Nominate a Climate Change Denier in 2012?

Josh Nelson, 11.18.2009

Publisher, EnviroKnow

Of the early contenders for the Republican nomination, five outright deny or question climate science, while the remaining three are opposed to all meaningful action.

The Confidence Gap Between Democrats And Republicans

Susan J. Demas, 11.18.2009

Syndicated columnist, political analyst and mlive.com blogger

Republicans have a well-oiled propaganda machine to facilitate the fantasy of strength and popularity. The message is always the same -- whether the GOP wins or loses, it always wins.

Can New AFL-CIO Plan Save Two Million Jobs -- and the Dems in 2010?

Art Levine, 11.18.2009

Contributing editor of The Washington Monthly

Democratic leaders yesterday sent their strongest signals yet that they were eager to pass a jobs creation and benefits-extension packa...

Palin's Prayer Leader Hinted Terrorist Attack Could Make Her President

Bruce Wilson, 11.17.2009

Writes on religion and politics

In the final weeks of the 2008 election, one of the religious leaders closest to Palin hinted that the Alaska governor might soon get an unexpected career boost... from a terrorist attack.

17 Year-Old Thinks Palin is "Going Childish"

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International, 11.17.2009

Youth Radio/Youth Media International (YMI)

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. This story was produced in collaboration wit...

Republican Filibuster May Be the Best Way to Pass Health Care in the Senate

Byron Williams, 11.15.2009

Syndicated Columnist, Author, Pastor of the Resurrection Community Church Oakland, CA

Doesn't Machiavelli warn that once one goes to the extent of their power they no longer have it? A filibuster of health care legislation would be an admission that the G.O.P. has no more options in its arsenal of opposition.

Q&A Bill Frist: Healthcare, The GOP and Birthers

David Goodman, 11.16.2009

Associate Producer of ABC Radio's The Curtis Sliwa Show

Bill Frist is the former Republican Senate Majority Leader. He is the author of the new book: A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.

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.