The Republicans have decided to take a page out of the progressive playbook. In the days to come, watch for them to argue that the Democratic legislation will harm civil liberties.
Bob Burnett | Posted 10.09.2007 | Business
Whether Americans view the U.S. economy as getting better or worse depends upon where their position in the economic pecking order.
Politico.com | Roger Simon | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home
All he has to do is not fall asleep. All he has to do is not throw up. All he has to do is not drool. Has there ever been a major presidential c...
AP via ABC News | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home
Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting...
The New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home
AFTER the 2004 elections, religious conservatives were riding high. Newly anointed by pundits as "values voters" -- a more flattering label than "reli...
CNN | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home
In South Carolina, the former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson's campaign is fond of pointing out their boss' Southern-fried heritage. "I think first of ...
AP | LARRY O'DELL | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Republican who represented southeastern Virginia for seven years, died Saturday morning after a two-year battle with breast ...
Pachacutec | Posted 10.06.2007 | Politics
Before he hit the beaches of Bali to scout for new talent, Open Secrets documents $16,100.00 given exclusively to Republicans between 1997 and 2003. Hoo, boy.
Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics
Republicans must be so proud. The man they want to commend on the floor of the House has finally, after 18 months on probation for being a druggie, passed his drug test.
New York Times | Michael Powell | Posted 10.04.2007 | Home
So what should a mayor do? Just let constituents call his weekly radio program on WABC -- the one called "Live From City Hall ... With Rudy Giuliani" ...
NY Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics
Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, defying the wishes of many in his own Republican Party, said Thursday that he would remain in the Senate through next...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics
Republican heaven is a special place, even more than normal heaven. Imagine a world with no homosexuals and where Americans can stay forever fighting in Iraq.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics
For the thin-skinned Thomas race has always lurked close to the surface -- often too close. And it's intimately, but falsely, intertwined with the debate over conservative ideology.
The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.03.2007 | Media
House Republicans are threatening to launch a discharge petition on legislation that would ensure the future prosperity of conservative radio talk-sho...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 10.02.2007 | Politics
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been taking a lot of flak for his recent observation to BeliefNet that America was founded as a Christian nation and that ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics
After convention speeches by the two Pats - Robertson and Buchanan - in 1992 helped elect Bill Clinton, organizers of the GOP's quadrennial gatherings...
Michael Roston | Posted 09.29.2007 | Politics
Perhaps it dawned on the Newtster that getting into the game like Keyes was starting to sound low, and that this year's repeats of Just The Ten Of Us didn't require an eleventh hour entry on the slate card.
Sheldon Drobny | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics
I have read the last three books in John Dean's trilogy of criticism of the Republicans and neo-conservatives. Worse Than Watergate and Conservative...
James Boyce | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics
The pure access to unrestricted information has created an era where our leaders are held far more accountable than ever before.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics
Former President Bill Clinton has sharply criticized the Republican presidential frontrunners for snubbing an African-American voter forum this week. ...
Michael Fauntroy | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics
Major Black Republicans who believe it's wrong for candidates to miss the forum at Morgan State should form an ad hoc coalition to express their outrage.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics
The top four Republican presidential candidates will sit out Thursday night's debate before African-American voters at Morgan State University in Balt...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics
While Democratic candidates sweat out Norman Hsu and the other skeletons in their cashboxes, the Republican presidential challengers aren't free from ...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics
Republican presidential candidates can't be any more clear: President Bush isn't welcome on the campaign trail. Competing to succeed him, top GOP can...
New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home
BARACK OBAMA gets morning breath. Elizabeth Edwards felt her rib pop during some good loving with her husband, John. And Rudolph W. Giuliani, by the ...
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made...
John McCain made a mistake this evening, which as far as...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
BERLIN -- On what used to be the East German side of the Brandenburg Gate, Linnea and...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Michael Roston | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics