Hardball Panel Debates Why Politicians, And The Public, Can't Stay Faithful (VIDEO)
The recent string of marital affairs conducted by high-profile politicians, such as Senator John Ensign and Governor Mark Sanford, has left the public...
The recent string of marital affairs conducted by high-profile politicians, such as Senator John Ensign and Governor Mark Sanford, has left the public...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
Pat Buchanan and Newsweek's Howard Fineman joined Lawrence O'Donnell (filling in for Chris Matthews) on "Hardball" tonight to discuss Sarah Palin's pr...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
The sniping between McCain staffers and Palin defenders has only gotten worse since Todd Purdum's lengthy Vanity Fair article slamming Sarah Palin cam...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.30.2009 | Media
Todd Purdum was a guest on 'Hardball" tonight to discuss his mammoth 10,000-word Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin and her involvement in the McCain ...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics
NBC's Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd, filling for Chris Matthews as host of "Hardball" tonight, conducted a lengthy interview with White H...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics
David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama, appeared on "Hardball" tonight to discuss Obama's press conference earlier this afternoon. Two core ...
Bob Cesca | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics
Anyone who is trying to tell you that the public option is unpopular, controversial, fringe or out-of-touch is either lying, bought off by the healthcare lobby, a spineless capitulator, or all three.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics
On "Hardball" Tuesday Chris Matthews criticized Newt Gingrich for comments he made at a GOP Senate-House fundraising dinner Monday night, saying his s...
Bob Cesca | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media
I'm convinced now more than ever that the real Pat Buchanan is definitely not the Friendly Wingnut he's tricked some viewers into believing.
Michael Sigman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
Evolution isn't something you choose to believe in, like Jesus or your Little League coach. It's a hypothesis with so much evidence to support it, we call it a "fact."
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media
***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** On "Hardball" tonight Chris Matthews sat down with Mike Allen of Politico and Jennifer Donahue of the New Hampshire Ins...
David Roberts | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green
Republicans are completely a mess -- a familiar mess, trapped between their increasingly loopy base and the American mainstream. Their base is full of flat-earthers that don't believe the scientific consensus.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
Have you seen the "Gathering Storm" ad? It is the latest from the anti-gay marriage machine. Set against a gray, lightening-pocked, ominous background...
Kari Henley | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living
Some old guy makes up a weird story about a goddess who never existed who turns a bird into a rabbit that lays colored eggs; and it morphs into a mega-watt holiday celebrated the modern world over.
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Lawrence O'Donnell and Pat Buchanan faced off on Hardball Thursday over President Barack Obama's invitation to deliver the commencement speech at Notr...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living
Christopher Hitchens was a guest on Hardball tonight along with Kenneth Blackwell, from the Family Research Council, to discuss Newsweek's recent cove...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Media Monitor Greg doesn't want you to go without seeing this disconcerting moment from last night's edition of Hardball, in which Pat Buchanan, press...
Karl Frisch | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media
The fight over the 2010 census, which will ultimately dictate how congressional districts are drawn in 2012 and potentially influence party control of Congress for years to come, has already started.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
Christopher Hitchens appeared on Hardball tonight to discuss President Obama's plan to withdraw a significant number of U.S. combat troops from Iraq. ...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
Tom DeLay, appearing on Chris Matthews' show Hardball opposite Harold Ford, ripped into Barack Obama's speech last night before a joint session of Con...
John W. Delicath | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
It's factually incorrect. It's not witty. And it perpetuates the falsehood that the science on global warming is not settled.
Jackson Williams | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
Mark McKinnon has implied that Obama deserved the keys to the Oval Office because he's African-American. That smacks of tokenism. It's also not the reason the Illinois senator won.
Alan Fein | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics
I think Washington insiders underestimate Obama at their peril, and often look silly doing it. They act like the kid who used to be the smartest kid in the class, until the new kid came along.
Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.10.2009 | Media
One of the things we were promised by this president was straight talk, express and local. Obama's not living up to that promise or doing public service by fudging in the name of optimism.
Lea Lane | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
Without a full accounting, and justice applied, Dicks such as Cheney and Armey will continue sneering and laughing in the face of all of us.
Long before $150,000-gate, Sarah Palin seemed to...
The Obamas dropped by the Vatican on Friday, with daughters...
Yesterday evening, Greg Sargent reported on The Plum Line that one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's key reasons...
I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and...
I never actually heard the words made famous by a certain man on a certain TV show. Instead I got a lot...
Jim Hansen is director of the NASA Goddard Institute for...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's...
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
Think Progress flags David Brooks telling...
While we of course do not claim to know anyone's thoughts, we nominate these...
The Daily Show's John Oliver is unhappy with mainstream journalism, and even drearier...
It's summer, the time for weddings! A few of my friends are getting married this summer and fall, so lately...
For this week's installment of their "Lunch with the FT" feature the...
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets...
"What's for dinner?" A lot of us ask that question right...
Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics