Bayh vs. Lugar Bayh vs. Lugar
For months now, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has been traveling all across the country fashioning himself as the latest incarnation of warrior Democrat. A key part of Bayh's routine i...
Apr 18, 2006 / Ari Berman
What Will DeLay Do? (WWDD) What Will DeLay Do? (WWDD)
What will Tom DeLay do next? Will he form a ministry from prison, a la Chuck Colson? Will he join his lobbyist buddies on K Street? Will he become a right-wing activist? Or could ...
Apr 17, 2006 / Ari Berman
Dean: No Dem Position on Gitmo Dean: No Dem Position on Gitmo
In Time magazine this week, Joe Klein describes how John Kerry responded to the revelations of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in May 2004 by holding a focus group in Arkansas....
Apr 12, 2006 / Ari Berman
The Almighty’s Plan for Tom DeLay The Almighty’s Plan for Tom DeLay
Now we know why Tom DeLay decided to quit Congress. It wasn't becausehe resigned as Majority Leader last September in advance of his moneylaundering trial in Texas. Or because his ...
Apr 11, 2006 / Ari Berman
Berlusconi Backfires Berlusconi Backfires
Following up on John Nichols' post about Silvio Berlusconi's likely election defeat, I'm posting a dispatch from our ace Washington intern Cora Currier, who lived in Italy and, unl...
Apr 10, 2006 / Ari Berman
House Republicans: Bring Back DeLay House Republicans: Bring Back DeLay
Oh, how House Republicans must miss Tom DeLay. There have been a series of embarrassments for the House leadership since DeLay stepped down as Majority Leader in September. The dec...
Apr 7, 2006 / Ari Berman
Cynthia McKinney, Enough Already! Cynthia McKinney, Enough Already!
The media should be talking about Tom DeLay and the collapse of the conservative movement. About immigration reform and the divide in the Republican Party. About how the Bush Admin...
Apr 5, 2006 / Ari Berman
Two Years Too Late Two Years Too Late
I'm glad John Kerry finally has a coherent position on the war in Iraq. He's against it, and he wants US troops to leave. I just wish he would have said so two years ago, when it m...
Apr 5, 2006 / Ari Berman
Why Didn’t DeLay Delay? Why Didn’t DeLay Delay?
Did Tom DeLay decide to step down abruptly because he thought he would lose a tough re-election fight? Or did he decide to jump ship before his party returned to minority status? ...
Apr 4, 2006 / Ari Berman
Congress vs. the Law Congress vs. the Law
Congress needs to remember the lyrics from that old Clash song: "I fought the law and the law won." A series of remarkable events last week proves why. Jack Abramoff wa...
Apr 3, 2006 / Ari Berman