It’s My Birthday And I’ll Cry If I Want To It’s My Birthday And I’ll Cry If I Want To
Well, not actually cry, more like whine. Sen. Kent Conrad, who's managing the floor on the budget bill for the Dems turned 60 yesterday. It wasn't a particularly happy birthday: ...
Mar 13, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Data Point of the Day Data Point of the Day
From Ben Smith: Also, if you had any doubts that this stuff, no matter how wild-eyed, is having an impact: The share of Americans who believe Obama is a Muslim has doubled, accor...
Mar 13, 2008 / Chris Hayes
John McCain, Antinomian John McCain, Antinomian
Antiwhatian? you ask. Antinomian. Posting about McCain reminded me that I somehow neglected to link to our lead editorial from last week about McCain. It's behind a sub wall so ...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Denounce and Reject Watch Denounce and Reject Watch
David Corn's got a good run-down of another McCain ally with some troubling theological views.
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Closing Prison’s Revolving Door Closing Prison’s Revolving Door
While as Matt notes, the Senate has played a particularly obstructionist role in the current Congress, it also deserves some serious plaudits for what it did last night: passed th...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Irony of the Day Irony of the Day
On the White House's website, Bush's Oct. 7, 2002 speech (given days before Congress overwhelmingly passed the Iraq War Resolution) is bannered with the headline: "Denial and Dece...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Shame and Public Officials Shame and Public Officials
Our bailiwick here at J Street is to bring you news, ideas, opinions and thoughts from the capital, but I went to dinner with a bunch of beltway denizens last night and all anyone...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Winter Soldiers The Winter Soldiers
From tomorrow through Saturday the Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan hearings in Washington, DC will feature testimony from US veterans detailing what's really happening on the...
Mar 12, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The Politics of Pork The Politics of Pork
To piggy-back (no pun intended) on one of Chris's posts from yesterday, it also bears noting how thoroughly overblown the current debate over Congressional pork is. One: it's more...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Spitzer Quits Spitzer Quits
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced this morning that he would step down as of Monday, ending a career that saw a meteoric rise followed by an even more meteoric fall. "I c...
Mar 12, 2008 / John Nichols