Chertoff, Kissed Off Chertoff, Kissed Off
The ACLU animates an amusing (and by amusing I mean eerily disquieting) vision of what a national ID database could mean, here. Fortunately however, this month in the state-feder...
Apr 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Pivoted” “Pivoted”
Here's the Times excellent Michael Cooper on McCain's reversal on federal intervention in the mortgage crisis: Senator John McCain, who drew criticism last month after he warned ...
Apr 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Of Sacred Cows Of Sacred Cows
Kevin Drum wonders: "Which is more important to the cause of free trade: (a) passage of the Colombian trade pact or (b) reining in the monstrosity that is U.S. farm policy?" "Th...
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Two Cheers and a Caveat Two Cheers and a Caveat
This week, Obama made the point that by now is clearly manifest: More than anyone, his campaign has come close to virtually (literally and figuratively) capturing campaign finance...
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
You Ain’t a Goin’ Nowhere You Ain’t a Goin’ Nowhere
Bush today about Petraeus' request for a "pause" in troop withdrawals: "He'll have all the time he needs."
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Torturers Torturers
By now, everyone is familiar with Hannah Arendt's famous phrase "the banality of evil" Like many I was disposed to view some of the most abhorrent abuses of the Bush administrat...
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Half Devil and Half Child” “Half Devil and Half Child”
Petraeus today on the Iraqi government: Assisting the new Iraqi government is like teaching a young child how to ride a bicycle, Petraeus observed, noting the United States is "t...
Apr 9, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Iraq, at a rally before this morning's Armed Services hearing: "The only thing between us and winning is the Congress."
Apr 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Into the Great Wide Open Into the Great Wide Open
Ryan Crocker this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on the White House's intent for future U.S. security agreements with Iraq: "It is our intention to negotiate...
Apr 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
McCain’s Unintentionally Revealing Ambiguity McCain’s Unintentionally Revealing Ambiguity
My favorite snippet from McCain's speech today on Iraq: Iraqi forces recently battled in Basra against radical Shi'a militias, supported by Iran... Note the grammatical indeterm...
Apr 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes