Young people voting for the first time today don't know about a time when the people were considered to be the owners of the state's and country's resources.
Howard Gould | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
Those presidential hopeful boys and girl should sharpen up the focus on how the U.S. will face the next four years. If not for the future of our children and planet earth, then at least for their candidacies.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
If you could spend $50 million of someone else's money to save your job, would you? I suspect most people would answer "yes" to that. Actually, that'...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
Between Obama and Clinton, it's going to be a virtual tie. Both campaigns will immediately release spin on why they are now the frontrunner, and why the other should politely drop out of the race.
Patrick Ottenhoff | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics
Here's a look at two regions that will be contested on Super Tuesday -- the Northeast and the Midwest -- and how each candidate can expect to perform in each state.
Matt Townsend | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home
After a cold day of handing out pamphlets for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, three New Yorkers swapped ideas about how to better reach people i...
Joshua Cinelli | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home
Atlantic City, home to wealthy casinos and extreme poverty, is both apathetic and hopeful about the coming election. Watch the audio slideshow and find out why.
Matt Townsend | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home
My younger sister called me Saturday afternoon from Denver, Col. with excitement in her voice. "I just got back from phone banking, and it was aweso...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics
After months and months of spewing out hate speech against Hispanics and undocumented workers, Lou Dobbs is having a fit. On his recent CNN nightly n...
Michael Shaw | Posted 01.31.2008 | Media
It's no surprise that the Reagan Library (with the able assistance of ratings-hungry CNN) would go out of the way to boost the cred of the GOP candidates by virtually embossing them onto the side of Air Force One.
Bob Cesca | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
There's no excuse for forgiving the Rovian games or the DLC calculation. Just because they're The Clintons doesn't make it forgivable.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
Out of the frozen tundra of Iowa, out of the snowy mountains of Vermont, out of the brightly-lit casinos in the Nevada desert, out of the churches of ...
Bob Franken | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
No longer could Giuliani and Edwards get the necessary energy from cosmic force that rules all political creation That would be money, of course.
Gerald McEntee | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
When the Democrats gather in Denver this summer, the voters of Michigan and Florida should not be left out.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Ever onwards, into the fray, we return to the latest in a series of primary "picks" columns, this time heading down to Florida to examine the Republic...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
Netizens, fellow bloggers, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and all Americans... I am proud to stand...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
I apologize in advance for the disjointed nature of this week's column. There are a lot of odds and ends to cover, including tomorrow's primary picks...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
King's legacy is a third-rail issue -- touch it and you die in Democratic politics. Clinton was seen as somehow "slighting" King, and so she had to pay the price.
Dan Treul | Posted 01.16.2008 | Home
Mitt Romney wins the Michigan Republican primary. Decisively. But does it even matter? Before what might be a Ford Edsel turns into a spaceship, a re...
Matt Stoller | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics
What I love about corruption in DC is that it's just so damned tacky. Who knew Verizon had a good government committee?
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
Time for another fun round of Democratic talking points for the weekend ahead! After a hiatus for the year-end awards, and then a special "all electi...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
On the morning after the New Hampshire primary, one strong conclusion can be drawn: the media collectively blew it. This should be seen as downright ...
Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home
(0:28 seconds) Photo by Joshua Skaroff DoubleSpeak: If she [Hillary Clinton] trips up tonight, do you expect any campaign shake up or anyone to b...
Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home
At a John Edwards event earlier this afternoon in Bedford, NH, we happened upon a very interesting conversation taking place between Elizabeth Edwards...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home
Welcome to the second of a continuing series of my attempt to emulate a television sports reporter by giving "picks" for the winners in the New Hampsh...
Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen...
At a rally on Saturday in California,...
WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around...
The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
The following are my comments from the stage at yesterday's Vote...
In the latest instance of inflammatory outbursts...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
Last week's post began an exploration into what style is today and how this relates to each of us. If we...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Dave Johnson | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics