Ford took McNamara to task on several points, but on none more severely than McNamara's complaint that "there were no Vietnam experts" to whom top policymakers could turn for advice.
Danny Schechter | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics
How would you do on a "stress test? " Even as the soundness of banks is supposedly measured--with many expected to show signs of insolvency---the whol...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.28.2009 | 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...
Chicago Magazine | David Mendell | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago
In fall 2006, before Barack Obama and his coterie of astute political strategists decided to launch his campaign for president, they burrowed into the...
Brad Parker | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home
In its successive drafts, the DNC party platform moved from progressive to liberal to conservative, offering clear evidence that the Democratic Leadership Council and its corporate cronies still control the Democratic Party apparatus.
Ellen Feldman | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
The impetus for the absurd McCain ad was Obama's riotous European welcome. There is a certain irony in that as this summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Notting Hill Riots.
Seth Greenland | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
When I met John McCain at a party in 2000 I was charmed. But now I must pose the question on so many people's lips -- when, exactly, did McCain sell his soul to the Devil?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
Former congressman Harold Ford was billed as a sheep amidst the wolves when he was booked for an appearance at the Netroots Nation conference here in ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
On today's Morning Joe, Hillary Clinton campaign chair came on to issue a bold statement: "Go to HillaryClinton.com. Send some money." Also, McAulif...
R.T. Eby | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home
The Republicans cannot win on the issues. McCain is proposing a continuation of the Bushbaby policies that have sent the country into endless war and recession. So the attack ads have begun.
Peter Dreier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The Clinton campaign message was transparent: they are trying to pigeonhole Obama as the "black" candidate -- not simply as a matter of pigmentation but as a matter of voter appeal.
William E. Jackson Jr. | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics