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Can Democrats Govern?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.15.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The slogan "Elect a lot of Democrats so that we can stop the Republican agenda, and waste a lot of time fooling around with things we can't pass" just isn't going to cut the mustard.

Scavenging for Organs: Why the Donor Famine Justifies A Radical Harvest

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 03.15.2010 | Politics


Jacob M. Appel

18 Americans die every day while waiting for an organ transplant, yet the American political establishment has been unwilling to champion non-traditional methods of expanding the organ supply.

Politicians Will Not Change The World

John Perkins | Posted 03.11.2010 | Politics


John Perkins

Many of you have asked how I feel about the Obama administration . . . In short: the fact that we moved from a conservative Republican oilman from Te...

John Ensign Emails: Senator Sought Lobbying Work For Doug Hampton, NYT Reports

AP | Posted 03.11.2010 | Politics


WASHINGTON — E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbyi...

Banning Earmarks

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

It's more fun to watch Massa's implosion on nationwide television, but we shouldn't allow this to distract us from what could shape up this year as a contest between Democrats and Republicans over who can denounce earmarks the loudest.

Sick of the Health Care Distraction

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.09.2010 | Politics


Grant Cardone

I am sick of the health care being used to distract Americans from the real problems with our country. Republicans and democrats alike are using healt...

Friday Talking Points [114] -- When Will Rahm Go? Place Your Bets!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.07.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The debate outside the Beltway (and, increasingly, inside the Beltway as well) is whether Rahm Emanuel should leave his job sooner, or later.

Rise Up, Vegan Republicans!

Rich Karlgaard | Posted 03.05.2010 | Living


Rich Karlgaard

Contrary to Sean Hannity's prescriptions, I'm a Republican flip-flop wearer (Hawaiian Pros) who has morphed into an (almost) vegan. I'll tell you why I'm doing it and what I have learned.

Evolution Foes Add Global Warming To Targets

nytimes.com | Leslie Kaufman | Posted 03.04.2010 | Religion


Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation's classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that...

Primary Season Begins

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.01.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

For many on the Left, primary season officially got going today, with the announcement that Senator Blanche Lincoln will face a very credible Democratic opponent in the Arkansas primary.

Friday Talking Points [113] -- Republican Reconciliation Hypocrisy

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.28.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

As the dust settles on the aftermath of the health reform summit, not much has changed. Not that anyone really expected anything to change, much, to be honest.

Let's Get Theological on Health Care and Warfare

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.26.2010 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Anyone care to provide a theological foundation for the Republican policy preferences for the rich and for war? I would really like to see it.

Facilitating the Health Care Debate

Francine Hardaway | Posted 02.25.2010 | Politics


Francine Hardaway

From what I could tell from my social media streams, only extremists followed the debate.

RNC Sending Staffers To Guam

Hotline On Call | Reid Wilson | Posted 02.25.2010 | Politics


The RNC is sending staffers to Guam to train party operatives, an RNC spokesperson confirms to Hotline OnCall, in advance of this year's open GOV race...

Health Care and Bipartisanship in the Balance

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.25.2010 | Politics


Jim Wallis

President Obama, this is your moment for political courage, vision, leadership, and faith. We urge you to take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward.

Just the Facts, Ma'am

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.25.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While important I refuse to call this meeting a "summit," since Democratic and Republican politicians squabbling simply does not reach the heights of two nuclear powers tensely sitting down to talk about missiles.

Blueprint for a Majority Third Party

Robert Fuller | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics


Robert Fuller

So long as the middle of our political spectrum is depopulated, liberals and conservative are at loggerheads. The answer to the impotence of the old parties is a new party -- the Dignity Party.

What Republicans Can Learn From America's Olympians

Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. | Posted 02.19.2010 | Sports


Robert R. Hoopes, Jr.

Imagine that making laws is a competition between two nations, Republicans and Democrats, and the teams are made of 313 Democrats and 219 Republicans. How would they behave if they were like our Olympians?

Bring Republican Budget to a Vote in Congress

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.18.2010 | Politics


Paul Abrams

Speaker Pelosi should bring the Rep. Ryan's budget to the House Floor for a vote. Then, the nation will witness dysfunctionality writ large as Republicans vote to filibuster their own budget.

The Heisenberg Effect of Televising Political Negotiations

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Because I wanted as wide an audience as possible, I wrote this article the way I did. Because I know in advance that I'm "being observed," I changed my presentation. The same is true in politics.

Can Obama Lead Again?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Obama's loss of control over the political agenda threatens to make his presidency irrelevant.

Friday Talking Points [111] -- Use It Or Lose It

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.13.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

President Obama this week has successfully put the Republican Party on the defensive. This could be a fleeting thing, or it could be the start of a whole new way for Obama's administration to operate.

Can Obama's Health Summit Succeed?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.10.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

There are two yardsticks for success. The first is to actually get something done, and get something passed; the other, to position the Democrats politically for the midterms, whether a bill gets passed or not.

Sarah Palin's Jihad

Malou Innocent | Posted 02.11.2010 | Politics


Malou Innocent

Palin's comment about Iran reflects an ongoing effort by conservatives to cast Obama as soft on terrorism, and mirrors much of the media coverage following the foiled Christmas Day attack.

GOP Candidates Crowding Primary Races Across The Country

The Los Angeles Times | Posted 02.07.2010 | Politics


As the Republican Party's chances of success in the fall elections increase week by week, so too has the number of Republican candidates jumping into ...