The road to redemption for a fallen politician has its own logic, and he who runs through a red light does so at his own peril.
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
Every good political villain needs a look, be it Kim Jong-Il's fondness for futuristic fashion, the trademark fatigues of Fidel Castro, or the decepti...
Twanna A. Hines | Posted 05.25.2011
Woe is the modern American politician: so much sex, too little time. Ho, hum. Nothing new.
AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethi...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...
AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 05.25.2011
LAS VEGAS — The accusations of a woman who says Nevada's governor once threatened to rape her are "simply false," Gov. Jim Gibbons said Wednesda...
ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011
West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mist...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Whatever you believe about Bill Ayers and the Weathermen, the fact remains that he is not running for president. But John McCain doesn't really have any other arrows left in his quiver.
David Donnelly | Posted 05.25.2011
The Keating Five connections are very troubling for what they mean today -- both on economic philosophy and on McCain's willingness to get cozy with special interests.
Josh Tickell | Posted 05.25.2011
"Recently, a scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of the Interior responsible for, among other things, royalties to oil companies."
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
By Stephen C. Rose WHOOPS: PALIN AFFAIR ALLEGED SOURCE OK, I need to explain why I am posting this. This story will either be a major game changer ...
Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011
Instead of business providing men who worked for the government with women, it was women who worked for the government that were having sex with oil-industry agents.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 11.17.2011
How addictive is the game of politics and power? My unscientific study indicates that crack cocaine is nothing when compared to political power. Let...
Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 05.25.2011
She's someone who was part-time Mayor of a 6000 person town a few years ago, and got handed the keys to the Governor's office, and promptly became drunk with power that she was all too eager to abuse.
Paul C. Light | Posted 05.25.2011
Mukasey declared the Justice Department hiring scandal closed yesterday. There was no criminal harm, he told the American Bar Association, therefore no foul. He is absolutely wrong.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011
Edwards, who chalks up his sexual indiscretions to unbridled narcissism, flatly denies he's the father of Hunter's six month old baby. So let's get this straight: he's unequivocally denying something else?
Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain has been struggling to tap into the "good" face of the conservative tradition, but the indictment of Stevens brings up all of the recent GOP scandals.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011
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Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.
Allan Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011
The 2000 presidential election was not decided by hanging chads, recounts, a flawed felon list, or intervention by the Supreme Court. It was decided b...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.
Dave Hollander | Posted 05.25.2011
Full-blown congressional hearings looking into football teams spying on one another is not exactly the best use of taxpayer money. But hear me loud and clear: Spygate is not a victimless crime.
Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011
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?
Los Angeles Times | Walter Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011
In a case that could sully the reputation of legendary Fidelity Investments fund manager Peter Lynch, regulators said Wednesday that he had improperly...
Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 05.25.2011