For the likes of the former Vice President to politicize national security in an attempt to score cheap political points is beyond unacceptable and his behavior will no longer be met with polite silence.
Bob Cesca | Posted 12.31.2009 | Politics
Preside over the biggest terrorist attack in American history and it's an epic win for President Bush. Preside over a failed attack and it's an epic fail for President Obama.
Sen. Tom Harkin | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics
I think of this bill as a starter home. It is not the mansion of our dreams, but it has a solid foundation, giving every American access to quality, affordable coverage.
AP | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A Republican senator who has been blocking President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration comp...
Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will force the confirmation of a Transportation Security Administration chief back into motion as soon as the Senate...
Bob Franken | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics
Almost no Republican is backing health care reform. So DeMint realizes he must always come up with other ways to stand out by standing in the way. And he has found quite few.
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top lea...
McClatchy Newspapers | Margaret Talev | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics
An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transport...
Bruce Wilson | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
Is Lou Engle on the road to being the Republican Party's semi-official prayer leader ? That would be notable for many reasons.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
"Herod care" anyone? The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference led last night's "prayercast" co-spons...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics
Lieberman is too egotistic (and from too blue of a state) to come out and admit that his sole purpose is to block reform from happening. But Michael Steele isn't.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics
Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said he would be troubled if the country elects an openly gay president, telling Bloomberg's Al Hunt that he finds homosex...
Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) sees himself as something of a kingmaker in the Republican Party, and is actively supporting very conservative candidates run...
The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Conservative South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) will endorse Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams' Senate candidacy later today, a move design...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
Tea Party activists got to play the part of the glitterati Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC, where FreedomWorks debuted...
Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
Glenn Thrush reports for Politico that at the premiere of a new documentary from FreedomWorks about the Tea Party Movement, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
If you thought that the filibuster was the only means by which senators could engage themselves in self-indulgent and pointless political warfare, thi...
Paul Abrams | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy
The battle for the soul of the Republican Party is over. Conservatives and the moderate have come together behind a constitutional amendment that would prohibit Congress from passing any bill longer than five pages.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Even if a public option is removed from the Senate's health care legislation, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is urging all Republicans to kill the bill -- l...
Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.
Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | World
Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was caught off guard when pressed about health care in Washington D.C. earlier this week. In footage of the incident poste...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
The two South Carolina Republican chairmen who compared Sen. Jim DeMint to a penny-watching Jew have apologized for the remark. DeMint himself called ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
Why was the GOP so elated with Chicago's Olympic failure? Was it the joy in avoiding the inevitable cost overruns? The security concerns? Or was it enough that Obama had failed?
Think Progress | Lee Fang | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
On Saturday, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) discussed the direction of the GOP in an address to the Republican Northeast Conference in Newport, RI. McC...
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 12.31.2009 | Politics