Republican Attacks

The Impeachment of President Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

I've been following the Republican descent into the realms of the bizarre for some time now, and I'm convinced that if they retook Congress the Republicans might try to impeach the president.

Dear Republicans: You Lost. Get Over It.

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Robert J. Elisberg

If Republicans want to throw only pointless mud at the nation's incoming president in a time of grave problems, when the nation wants its leader to succeed, they run a suicidal risk of making the hole they've already dug deeper.

Sam Stein

GOP Split Over Fighting Obama's Every Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Only days after losing the White House and suffering large defeats in both houses of Congress, the Republican Party is striking a posture of defiance....

The Stench Run: Republicans Ramp Up Negative Attacks As Election Day Nears

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


With Election Day looming and the polls suggesting John McCain faces a daunting challenge, the GOP and the McCain campaign have ramped up their negati...

Obama Finds Himself In Same Political And Economic Situation As FDR

John Achoukian | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home


John Achoukian

Hoover, who in 1932 could not run on his economic record or that of the Republican Party, resorted to attacking Roosevelt. His campaign was based on making FDR out to be a dangerous radical who would make the Depression worse by raising taxes and increasing the federal debt.

What Obama Can Learn From FDR

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Nicolaus Mills

Roosevelt had taken on the most serious charges the Republicans could throw at him. Political caricature, as far as FDR was concerned, was never to be taken lightly.

Chi-Town Activists? Joke Is On GOP

Robert Reed | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago


Robert Reed

Only someone with a sick sense of humor would deride activists who toil in Chicago's worst neighborhoods, dedicating time and effort to providing poor and disenfranchised citizens with a voice in the political and social process.

Why Voters Say they Don't Really Know Barack Obama (and Why They Don't Really Know Much about John McCain, Either)

Drew Westen | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


Drew Westen

There is a simple fact that has eluded Democrats in every presidential campaign they have lost in the last 40 years: you have to focus first and foremost not on a litany of "issues" but on four stories.

Hillary's Electabilty -- Bill's Procilivity

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

Does anybody really believe that if Hillary's the nominee, Slick Willie's post-presidential sex life won't be fully unzipped by the time Flag Day rolls around?