Conservative Trio Supports Transferring Gitmo Detainees To Illinois
Republicans in Congress are gearing up to fight a new White House effort to relocate detainees at Guantanamo Bay to a prison facility in Illinois. But...
Republicans in Congress are gearing up to fight a new White House effort to relocate detainees at Guantanamo Bay to a prison facility in Illinois. But...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
A big part of Sarah Palin's political appeal is her ability to exploit social grievances and cultural symbolism. It was visible during the 2008 campai...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
New York Times's columnist David Brooks -- never a huge fan of Sarah Palin -- laced into the former vice presidential candidate on Sunday, calling her...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
If there was any doubt that Senate Republicans are eager to drag their heels when it comes to health care reform, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media
Welcome to your liveblog of this weeks' Sunday Morning blather latherings. Our emanations today? The likely key topic of discussion will be the recent decision of the Obama administration to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
Sarah Palin's much-discussed book, "Going Rogue," hasn't even been officially released yet and already its accuracy is in question. The Huffington ...
Huffington Post | Sam Stein and Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
During the months that she served as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin had what could best be described as an acrimoniou...
Huffington Post | Sam Stein and Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
Last month at a conference in Washington D.C., former McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt was asked how he expected to be portrayed in Sarah Palin's...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
When a political campaign returns dirty donations, it usually releases a statement of some kind praising the integrity of the candidate. So why didn't...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
Andy Cobb starred in TV commercials pitching health insurance for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida -- until he had a crisis of conscience. "In s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
In a parting shot at Fox News, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn mocked the conservative-leaning network on Friday and laughed off its co...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
Spencer Ackerman is a friend of mine and a reporter whose expertise and ecumenical fairness are resources I've come to trust. He's also demonstrated ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that he was surprised by the resignation of White House Counsel Greg Craig and believes Craig has been unfair...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Comedy
The only thing that differentiates Dobbs's "I quit" announcement from Sarah Palin's was that there were no woodland creatures squawking in the background. At least none that you could hear.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
OH NOES! What is Representative Tom Perriello (D-Va.) doing, allowing his spokesperson to say stuff like this, in the wake of his vote for the House ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
(Updated with response from Dodd's office; see below.) One of the president's top economic advisers expressed concerns Friday that financial regulat...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
So, here's what's going on at your Washington Times. Confusion! Panic! Resignations! Clampdowns! This week, The Politico is not the most terrifying ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
The CEO of one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the country said on Friday that he and others in the industry would switch their support for...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
One of the Republican Party's most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party's biggest names. Alex Castella...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
A Goldman Sachs analysis of health care legislation has concluded that, as far as the bottom line for insurance companies is concerned, the best thing...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
The deficits! Your Beltway media is sore afraid of them! But like a family who goes to live in a haunted house only to refuse to move out once the a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, one of the most prominent flamethrowers in the House of Representatives, simply could not commit herself on Thursday to no long...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
Amid the national hand-wringing after the Minnesota bridge collapse of 2007, members of Congress earmarked 10 times more money for new transportation ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
He got it right last time. Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, was one of eight senators who stood up to oppose the repeal of the Glass-S...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media
The Tribune columnist -- the author of an "unflattering assessment of Bulls center Joakim Noah" -- eats his own words. Maybe Rick Reilly should consider what will wash down his predictions about the Broncos!
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics