What’s Changed? What’s Changed?
Having just done some TV, and several radio interviews yesterday, I fear my reporting to opining ratio is perilously close to falling under the 1:1 threshold. (Keep this in mind ...
Aug 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Maliki the Nationalist? Maliki the Nationalist?
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki continues to make headlines by posing as an Iraqi nationalist. Don't buy it. Unfortunately, much of the media has swallowed Maliki's posturi...
Aug 26, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
They Got the Memo They Got the Memo
There's a dizzying array of panels, plenaries, protests and parties this week in Denver as 4,000 delegates, 15,000 members of the media and thousands of additional political touri...
Aug 26, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
In Search of the Elusive PUMAs In Search of the Elusive PUMAs
Monday, August 25 Good Omen: the people sitting in front of me on the plane read The Nation! Anna and Russ from Washington DC are coming to the convention as tourists. Apparentl...
Aug 26, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Michelle Obama’s Elegant Remarks Michelle Obama’s Elegant Remarks
DENVER -- Asking the wife of a candidate for president to address the national convention at which her husband is to be nominated is a relatively recent phenomenon. And the histo...
Aug 26, 2008 / John Nichols
Teddy! Teddy! Teddy! Teddy! Teddy! Teddy!
Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Democratic party, the hero of a dozen Democratic national conventions, took the stage at one more gathering of the fa...
Aug 26, 2008 / John Nichols
The First Ever Muslim Democratic Caucus The First Ever Muslim Democratic Caucus
The last seven years have been strange ones for American Muslims in politics. That much was evident at this morning's first ever Muslim Democratic Caucus meeting. Aftab Siddiqui, ...
Aug 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
An Economy that Works for All An Economy that Works for All
As the Democratic party gathers in Denver one issue that should be frontand center is the staggering inequality of our times. And one of the most damning symbols of our New Gilded...
Aug 25, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Just What, Exactly, Is the DNC? Just What, Exactly, Is the DNC?
Coming back from two weeks in the woods to the manic energy of Denver ismaking my head spin, so I'm still adjusting to re-entry. I'll be blogging here at Capitolism for the durati...
Aug 25, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Joe Biden and the Myth of Foreign Policy Experience Joe Biden and the Myth of Foreign Policy Experience
The conventional wisdom is that with a new cold war looming and global conflicts upon us, Barack Obama needed a Vice-President with foreign policy experience. Most establishment ...
Aug 24, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel