Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas
If California's historic 1950 US Senate race had gone the other way there would have been no Checkers speech, no Watergate break-in, no Woodward and Bernstein, perhaps an earlier ...
Apr 28, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Playing the Race Card in North Carolina Playing the Race Card in North Carolina
The North Carolina Republican Party -- forged by the hand of Dixiecrat segregationists like Jesse ("White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside...
Apr 27, 2008 / John Nichols
Why Tom Hayden Makes Me Scream Why Tom Hayden Makes Me Scream
Hayden is employing an ancient literary-political device, in which a man wards off charges of sexism by citing the example of a woman.
Apr 24, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
McCain, Hagee and the Politics of God’s Wrath McCain, Hagee and the Politics of God’s Wrath
The whole controversy about John McCain's ties to radical preacher John Hagee has been miscast, both by McCain's critics and supporters – not to mention by our ministerially-obs...
Apr 24, 2008 / John Nichols
Does McCain Think NOLA Got What it Deserved? Does McCain Think NOLA Got What it Deserved?
Someone should ask him.
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
What Ledbetter Wouldn’t Do What Ledbetter Wouldn’t Do
There's been a lot of fuss about the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which Senate Republicans successfully threatened to filibuster yesterday. And since Senate members keep saying th...
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Bike Commuting in Washington DC Bike Commuting in Washington DC
This morning, I came thisclose to knocking over this dude, who was yakking on his cell phone while walking out into traffic.
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Free Money” “Free Money”
Kevin Drum has the quote of the day from Sen Tom Harkin about why he can't kill the farm bill's direct payments to farmers: "I don't have the votes. People love free money." On ...
Apr 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Clinton Raises $10 Million in 24 Hours Clinton Raises $10 Million in 24 Hours
If Hillary Clinton had lost Pennsylvania Tuesday night, she would have been out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination -- not merely because she had suffered a hum...
Apr 24, 2008 / John Nichols
Grilling Burger King Grilling Burger King
Last week I wrote about a Senate hearing on working conditions for tomato pickers inFlorida. Much of the discussion there revolved around the"penny-per-pound" deal, and the Flor...
Apr 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel