Could a female candidate be the answer for Democratic longevity in 2016? If so, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with her toughness and ability to net the Dems Florida might be that female.
Barack Obama might be one of the most normal presidents we have had in years. His connectedness to the real world is one of the things that made him appealing as a candidate.
I was hatched on a cold, Nebraska day, January 30, 1941. It was the first of two fateful events for our country that year. The second took place in December.
Heads up, Ms. Palin, because a Web site with your name on it is stealing my blog content: so it's gloves off, "Maverick."
We are in the midst of the implementation of the 2009 US Marshall Plan. The dirty little secret and the gravity are finally out on the table.
Obama faces a steady drip, drip, drip of stories leaking and becoming public. Wiretapping stories, torture stories, and secret CIA covert stories were all in the news in the past week alone.
The Edwards and Palin stories both underscore the quirk in our electoral system through which vice presidents are nominated.
Breaking News: Palin's Remarks at Second Press Conference not yet Broadcast I have to be honest with y'all just why I'm stepping down as Governor. I'...
It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.
Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.
Crossposted with the Center for American Progress Eric Alterman, Danielle Ivory Former President George W. Bush recently mused with the press about...
This week's news has been dominated by things like President Obama's good Supreme Court pick and California's not-good ruling against gay marriage. So why am I thinking about the good-for-nothing Dick Cheney?
"My mom is always like 'I can't believe you got drunk and then drove our new car into a lake again'. I'm like fuck you! I like to party! You're just mad because you can't party as hard as me! Delta Chi forever!"
Democrats are elitist, right-wingers insist, even if they are needy enough to receive not just college, but high school scholarships. In this case, the proof of Obama's elitism was his request for Dijon.
It is refreshing to have Joe Biden as our vice-president. Instead of people criticizing him for giving us his views we should be applauding him for s...
Enough already about his first 100 days. What about my first 100 days? After all, who was it who capitalized on his 36 years in the Senate to sell Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.
Bush himself may be in a contented retirement, but Cheney is still, belligerently and rancorously, commanding the legacy.
Rare is a president who learns so fast, who observes so deeply, who can take criticism and walk away better for it.
A few days ago my daughter phoned from college with the news that she had been asked to run for student government Secretary at college. Thoughts began to resonate in my mind "Why not President?"
The Secret Service call him Angler because he fishes. In this audiobook, you'll hear why so many call him the most significant vice president our country has experienced -- ever.
