Obama and Afghanistan: Two Items I Don't Understand
Barack Obama would seem to be a man of rare psychological balance and has, certainly, no debt to the administration of President Bush. Why follow its example?
Barack Obama would seem to be a man of rare psychological balance and has, certainly, no debt to the administration of President Bush. Why follow its example?
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
As much as far-right Republicans like to think they're invoking the American Revolution by promoting Lipton, they're ignoring reality and history - again.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy
"After two days of refusing to speak to the media about suspicious aspects of my personal life, I have proved to myself that I am qualified for a career in politics," Mr. Woods told reporters in Orlando.
Washington Post | Jon Cohen and Dan Balz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
The Republican rank and file is largely in sync with GOP lawmakers in their staunch opposition to efforts by President Obama and Democrats to enact ma...
AP | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he's leaning slightly against running for president in 2012 but says it's far too early to ...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an ar...
David Edwards and John Byrne | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
The following article was produced by the Raw Story and written by David Edwards and John Byrne. The latest trend in the Republican Party is an effor...
New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people accused of crimes invol...
Washington Post | Matthew Dowd | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
President Sarah Palin. To many pundits and late-night comedians, this sounds like a punch line, and to many die-hard Democrats it sounds like a reason...
Susan Bevan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Like it or not, abortion is a legal medical procedure and a decision that has to be left to doctors and families. Why are women being singled out and denied coverage, even through private plans?
Will Marshall | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
In taking a purely obstructionist stance, the GOP has evinced scant empathy for tens of millions of fellow Americans who lack basic protection against illness or injury. So much for compassionate conservatism.
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support if they want party backing. Candidates, the...
Politico | Manu Raju and Josh Kraushaar | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
If you're an underdog conservative running for Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) should be on your speed dial these days. A favorite of the tea part...
Politics Daily | Jill Lawrence | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
John McCain rails against a bipartisan global warming bill two years after sponsoring one himself? He says he's "dear friends" with Sarah Palin and en...
Dawn Teo | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
For some, Tea Parties are a reaction against a floundering Republican Party. For others, Tea Parties are a Republican Renaissance.
Aaron Keyak | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics
The use of swastikas, photos of dead Holocaust victims, and anti-Semitic epithets should have no place in any event or venue sponsored or promoted on either side of the partisan divide.
Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
There is a good deal of blame to go around when it comes to Palin, and a lot of worthy targets, but it was McCain who made the decision to put her on his ticket and to give her that national platform.
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.
AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House seat, and New...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.
William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media
Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"
Politics Daily | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
If Palin can maintain, say, 35-percent support in a multi-candidate presidential field, then she is the odds-on favorite for the GOP nomination. The ...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the...
David Goodman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Bill Frist is the former Republican Senate Majority Leader. He is the author of the new book: A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.
Los Angeles Times | Mark Barabak | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Utah has emerged as an improbable battleground in the fight for the future of the GOP, as the party's veteran U.S. senator -- with nary a whiff of per...
Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics