Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tanked John Kerry's presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pick...
A. Siegel | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green
Rather than bring in people who are discussing serious solutions, the DPC is bringing a snake-oil salesman who merits credit for dishonorable attacks on the 2004 Democratic Party presidential nominee.
Juliette Powell | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
As harsh as this may seem, maybe it is time for Ted Kennedy to resign from the Senate and let the Democratic Governor of Massachusetts appoint a healthy successor.
Bob Cesca | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
Enough prevaricating. The storm is perfect. Kick some ass, Mr. President.
Noelle Cigarroa Perese | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
Private insurance has failed drastically through its own greed in bilking Americans through expensive premiums, denying them needed care, and paying billions of dollars to insurance company executives on the backs of sick and underinsured Americans.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
So, the public option! The GOP hates it, based on some weird read of free-market philosophy that says even though it will be a terrible and inferior p...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
Two reports from congressional accountants, with estimates that put the cost of health care reform higher than expected and the numbers of people cove...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
I've seen a great variety of Republicans all over TV trying to bury the public option in an avalanche of lies. So, where are the Democrats? Where is Obama? Where is Kathleen Sebelius?
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
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Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy
The deal drew praise from Senate Democrats, who had earlier blocked the closing of the detention camp, and from CBS executives, who had been desperately searching for something to spice up their fall schedule.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
There is not a day that you wake up, turn on the news and don't hear about the Democrats backtracking, engaging in hypocrisy and appeasing the Republicans.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other Senate Democrats have spent the last several weeks negotiating with major banks, including JPMorga...
The Hill | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics
Senate Democrats hope to boost President Obama's credentials among the party's left wing by advancing several legislative measures in the final stretc...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
UPDATE 3/20: House Democrats are setting a September deadline for a compromise with Republicans on health care, the Washington Post reports. After tha...
Politico | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) pushed back strongly Tuesday against criticism from the left over his initial opposition to the $410 billion omnibus spe...
The Hill | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Al Franken met with Senate Democrats Tuesday afternoon to "get plugged in" to the Democratic caucus and to give them an update on Minnesota's conteste...
Politico | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
Passage of the $410 billion, leftover-from-last-year omnibus spending bill was supposed to be a perfunctory, pro forma task. Instead, it's become a co...
The Hill | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics
Senate Democrats are debating whether Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) should be punished for opposing a $410 billion omnibus. Som...
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's proposal to limit itemized tax deductions for high earners is running into opposition from key Democrats i...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...
New York Times | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
President Obama is eager to seek a bipartisan solution to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security, people who have spoken with him say, but h...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
Sen. Ben Nelson spent the last two weeks either surrounded by reporters or huddled with centrist members of both parties, hashing out a deal to move t...
The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
Two years out, Democratic campaign leaders have differing outlooks for the next election cycle in 2010. On the House side, there's pessimism, as Polit...
AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate has killed an alternative economic stimulus plan by Sen. John McCain that would have cut income and payroll taxes but sp...
The Plum Line | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
Okay, here's some more for you on that big advantage that Congressional Republicans seem to have over Democrats when it comes to getting on the cable ...
Politico | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics