Obama ♥ Carrots Obama ♥ Carrots
The White House plan to keep homeowners out of foreclosure seems to have the stick-to-carrot ratio about right.
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Draft Sirota Campaign Begins The Draft Sirota Campaign Begins
There's been some pretty awesome grassroots mobilization around MSNBC's 10pm time slot, with Facebook groups devoted both to Sam Seder and Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks. Today Chr...
Feb 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Update on DC Voting Rights Update on DC Voting Rights
Greg Kaufmann, who's been following developments closely writes: Don't count your 60 Senate votes before they hatch… Look, it definitely looks good. However, there are a coupl...
Feb 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Voting Rights for DC! Voting Rights for DC!
Maybe. It looks like I might finally have a congressperson who can, you know, actually vote. The DC Voting Rights Act just passed cloture in the senate, 62-34. It would temporaril...
Feb 24, 2009 / Chris Hayes
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: As a native Washingtonian, and one of the city's 600,000 current residents, for me this week is all about DC Voting Rights. We know that passing the bill tha...
Feb 23, 2009 / Chris Hayes
COP on the Beat COP on the Beat
Tough love from the Congressional Oversight Panel involves ripping the Band-Aid--otherwise known as TARP--off the mortally wounded banking system.
Feb 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Good News On the Stimulus The Good News On the Stimulus
So the stimulus is law. Whatever its shortcomings, there is a lot of good stuff in the bill. As just one example: my parents were visiting this weekend and the whole time my dad,...
Feb 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes
About Those F-22s About Those F-22s
Matt Yglesias, Matt Duss, and Robert Farley have all done a great job of critiquing this embarrassing crush note to the F-22 in the latest Atlantic. But since I did some report...
Feb 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes
A Recap of Last Week’s Action on the Hill A Recap of Last Week’s Action on the Hill
Courtesy of Greg Kaufmann: "There are three Republicans in the Senate who are writing this policy," Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio complained about the American Recovery and Reinv...
Feb 16, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Cut the Military Budget–I Cut the Military Budget–I
Reining in the Pentagon's wanton spending habits is going to be a long, hard slog.
Feb 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes