National Journal

Deja Vu-doo: The Fuse of Iran?

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 03.27.2012

Kristen Breitweiser

Call me crazy. Call me dumb. But I get uncomfortable when I read articles talking about a president wanting to run on national security, particularly when there doesn't seem to be any credible, sustained national security risk on the horizon.

'Green News Report' - December 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.14.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Arsenic a...

'Green News Report' - December 13, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.12.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Climate c...

'Green News Report' - December 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.07.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Triumph o...

Debate Reforms With Teeth

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 01.14.2012

Jeffrey Abelson

So for all future debates, of both parties, consider just two ideas that would be simple and low cost -- but could be huge game changers. Imagine the effect on candidate comments and viewer responses.

Two Worlds Of Whites: How Voters Feel About Today's Diversity

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 01.08.2012

On the day after Barack Obama's sweeping victory in 2008, veteran Democratic pollster Stanley B. Greenberg described the modern Democratic coalition a...

Swing State GOPers Infuriate Environmentalists

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 12.06.2011

In their votes on environmental issues this year, House Republicans from blue places have greens seeing red. Which is to say that GOP legislators fro...

Rick Perry: The One Party Politician

National Journal | Posted 11.23.2011

The Lone Star State this summer has been scorched by record heat and drought and seared by horrific wildfires. The National Weather Service recently r...

America’s Decade Of Disaster

National Journal | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.02.2011

On Sept. 10, 2001, the United States of America stood at the pinnacle of its power and prestige. Even Rome, in its heyday, did not have the economic a...

Former U.S. Ambassador, RNC Finance Chairman, Rick Perry Fundraiser Dies

National Journal | By Sean Sullivan | Posted 10.24.2011

Peter Terpeluk Jr., a former ambassador to Luxembourg and Republican National Committee finance chairman, has died of a heart attack, several sources ...

Ron Brownstein To Join ABC News Political Team

Posted 09.24.2011

Ronald Brownstein, editorial director of the National Journal, will join the ABC News political team as news coverage of the 2012 presidential electio...

The Republicans' Lost Opportunity On Taxes

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 09.13.2011

Maybe President Obama never would, or could, have delivered enough congressional Democrats to pass a “grand bargain” to tame the long-term deficit...

Bill Clinton Discusses Struggling Economy

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 09.06.2011

ASPEN, Colo.--During Bill Clinton's two terms as president, the median family income increased by 14 percent, the number of Americans in poverty decli...

Infographic: Minorities Becoming Majority in U.S.

Turnstyle | Posted 08.13.2011

Turnstyle

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Jason Linkins

The Media Has Abandoned Covering The Nation's Massive Unemployment Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.18.2011

If there's a cross-section of America that's blind to the massive unemployment crisis, it's those who ply their trade in Washington and the people who doggedly follow them around with steno pads and frantically scribble down whatever dribbles from their mouths.

New Analysis Reveals Stunning Level Of Congressional Polarization

National Journal | By Eliza Newlin Carney | Posted 05.25.2011

But the overall level of congressional polarization last year was the highest the index has recorded, because the House was much more divided in 2010 ...

Jason Linkins

McCain Ranked 'Most Conservative' Senator

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

The National Journal -- who America turns to for information on how our lawmakers rank in terms of their ideological rigidity -- is out today with rankings of the conservative members of Congress.

Ed Whitfield Admits His Allegiance to the Industry

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 05.25.2011

Heather Taylor-Miesle

I have news for Congressman Whitfield -- the industries crying out for your help didn't elect you. The people elected you.

The F Word: No Solutions at State of the Union

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Laura Flanders

Obama will deliver his take on the State of the Union tonight, and while Congress has bickered about bipartisan seating, it doesn't matter where anyon...

Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Schwartz

21st century journalism will be about controlling and having access to the "stack" -- taking vast amounts of raw information and transforming it into useful material for telling interesting and important stories.

95 Democrats Make Net Neutrality 2010 Issue

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Adam Green

Once again, progressives are working together with bold Democratic challengers, on the issue of corporate control of the Internet, to show Democratic Party leaders what it looks like to go on the offensive.

Sam Stein

Tim Kaine Rips Mitch McConnell For Abandoning Post-Election Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- The notion that the results of the 2010 elections could somehow produce an element of political harmony always seemed a bit detached fro...

MAJOR BLOW: Chief White House Correspondent LEAVING Fox News

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Fox News' Chief White House Correspondent is leaving the network — and TV entirely. Fox News announced Wednesday that Major Garrett, who covers...

REVIVAL? Waking Up The 'Sleepy' National Journal

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011

For years National Journal has been perfectly content as an insider's handbook to Washington, a sleepy weekly magazine written primarily for lobbyists...

Atlantic Media Readies For War Against Politico

The New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 05.25.2011

That night, three years after Politico's launch, Mr. Bradley asked Mr. Smith two things: Was he committed, long term, to staying with Mr. Bradley in t...