Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama
Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory last week in West Virginia. It is likely that she will be similarly rewarded tonight by the voters of Kentucky, a state that neighbors Wes...
May 20, 2008 / John Nichols
Jim Webb’s Time to Fight Jim Webb’s Time to Fight
Jim Webb can make the Four Seasons seem like a diner in Owensboro, Kentucky. It's that kind of blue-collar street cred that may be just what it takes to propel the first term Sena...
May 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Introducing: Washington Post Watch Introducing: Washington Post Watch
Today we unveil a new weekly feature called Washington Post Watch, though given the shoddiness of the WaPo's editorial pages we might as well call it Shooting Fish in a Barrel. I...
May 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
This Week On Tap This Week On Tap
This week, election-season fireworks are expected as Sen. Harry Reid tries to shepherd through a series of House-backed votes on the $250-billion war supplemental bill, including ...
May 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Hoping, Praying for the Liberal Lion — UPDATED Hoping, Praying for the Liberal Lion — UPDATED
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain are agreed on one thing. They are all worried about Ted Kennedy. While cynicism is always appropriate when dealing with politicians...
May 17, 2008 / John Nichols
Friday Capitol Letter Friday Capitol Letter
In the House....This week, members furiously tangled over the war supplemental spending bill, which would fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through at least March 2009. Whil...
May 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Farm Bill Follies Farm Bill Follies
Over on Swampland, Joe Klein takes justified digs at Obama and Clinton for their support of the $300-billion farm bill, which both Bush and McCain have opposed. There's a whole li...
May 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
No European Star Wars No European Star Wars
Last March, I blogged about the Bush Administration's plan to deploy a proposed a missile defense system in both the Czech Republic and Poland despite the reluctance of the host c...
May 16, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Medicaid vs. the War Medicaid vs. the War
This week, buried under the current Congressional tussle over war spending, a fight over the future of Medicaid has quietly been percolating. Last fall, the Bush administration at...
May 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Winter Soldiers, Part II Winter Soldiers, Part II
Over the past two months since this year's Winter Soldier event, a parade of luminaries has gone before Congress to testify about the Iraq War: distinguished generals, cabinet sec...
May 15, 2008 / Chris Hayes