Subhed Of the Day Subhed Of the Day
Barack Obama is a magnet for nuts. I suppose this is true of any prominent political figure, and boy was it true of Bill and Hillary Clinton. But we've already seen a whole bunch ...
Jun 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mid-Day Links Mid-Day Links
1) John McCain, the kind of maverick who's so maverick-y he doesn't understand his own climate change policy. 2) Speaking of Climate Change, Ron Brownstein does a post-mortem on ...
Jun 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Beyond Broadcast Beyond Broadcast
If you happen to be in DC today, check out Beyond Broadcast, a conference about the future of public media up at American University.
Jun 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Fighting the Smears Fighting the Smears
I've been tracing the internet-fueled smears and rumors about Barack Obama since I wrote about the phenomenon last year. Yesterday the campaign announced a new smear-debunking sit...
Jun 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Granny Basher” “Granny Basher”
When I read John Dickerson's tedious, chin-stroking piece about Obama being insufficiently enthusiastic about tossing senior citizens into poverty, I thought, "Boy, I wish Dean Ba...
Jun 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Revenge of the Neo Liberals Redux Revenge of the Neo Liberals Redux
UPDATE: Jason Furman emailed to clarify that the statement I paraphrased was specifically in reference to the Obama healthcare proposal and the way in which its costs, as reflecte...
Jun 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Revenge of the Neo-Liberals Revenge of the Neo-Liberals
The Obama campaign announced today it was bringing Jason Furman on board as an economic policy adviser. Furman's smart, and generally well respected and I don't begrudge him his n...
Jun 9, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Attention Jewish Voters: You’re Getting Played by an Anti-Semite Attention Jewish Voters: You’re Getting Played by an Anti-Semite
UPDATED WITH A LETTER FROM ANDY MARTIN Addressing AIPAC the other day, Barack Obama began with a joke about the emails have circulated, particularly in Jewish social circles that...
Jun 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Street Organizer” “Street Organizer”
J Street reader PS emails a link to the RNC's new oppo site on Obama called "Meet Barack Obama." (You can Google it. I'm not gonna dignify it with a link.) He notes their descript...
Jun 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes