During the debate, McCain claimed that "the last president to raise taxes during tough economic times was Herbert Hoover." In fact, it was Ronald Reagan, and John McCain helped him do it.
RJ Eskow | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics
The conclusion seems impossible to avoid: McCain's health care ideas are risky, unstable, and poorly thought out. They could result in a 'healthcare meltdown' that Americans can ill afford.
Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 09.30.2008 | Chicago
If paying taxes makes you patriotic, Chicagoans should get a memorial built in their honor (or just add Harry Caray's face to Mount Rushmore).
Josh Dorner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
After releasing an ad earlier this week that contained debunked lies about offshore drilling and gas prices, John McCain unveiled a new ad today, "Dom...
Time | MICHAEL KINSLEY | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics
Sarah Palin thinks she is a better American than you because she comes from a small town, and a superior human being because she isn't a journalist an...
Trey Ellis | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
The Democratic candidate's coffers are far richer than the Republicans, so why is McCain's lie about Obama's taxes to the middle class sticking?
Paul Hogarth | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home
Republicans get screwed when exposed as elitists -- and hypocrites. In 1996, GOP Congressman Fred Heineman lost re-election after saying his $183,000...
OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home
WHO: Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University and Doug Holtz...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
At the end of an article on John McCain's flimsy economic know-how, Bloomberg includes an interesting admission from adviser Carly FIorina: "In an ...
Jared Bernstein | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
If McCain and his staff persist in twisting the truth on Obama's tax plan, there can be no decent debate. It's an abrogation of anything resembling straight talk.
Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
A detailed analysis of the candidates' tax plans confirms one of Barack Obama's top arguments against John McCain: the Arizona senator's proposals wou...
Nashua Telegraph | KEVIN LANDRIGAN | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business
The tax cut plan of Democratic nominee to be Barack Obama offers three times the break for middle class families than proposals of likely Republican n...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
In February, McCain pledged that his administration would offer no new taxes against the American people. And yet since then, he has pledged large am...
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
John McCain has repeatedly argued that his wife's financial holdings are separate from his political life, and should remains so for the privacy of he...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: Howard Dean has issued the following statement: John McCain's lack of transparency is troubling and raises questions about what he's hiding. ...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
DALLAS — Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Jacob Alperin-Sheriff | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home