No Moderate Cabinet No Moderate Cabinet
The President-elect is still selecting his cabinet. He's met with Hillary Clinton who's said to be under consideration for Secretary of State and more former Clinton administration...
Nov 18, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Will Afghanistan Become Obama’s War? Will Afghanistan Become Obama’s War?
One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zam...
Nov 17, 2008 / TomDispatch
Obama’s Political Capital Obama’s Political Capital
After years of secrecy, Barack Obama's aides are finally dishing on the most powerful asset in his campaign arsenal. Obama's aides always refused to discuss the campaign's massive...
Nov 10, 2008 / Ari Melber
California Initiatives: Go Figure California Initiatives: Go Figure
In California's wild world of ballot initiatives, the chickens defeated the egg factory owners, and an anti-abortion parental notification proposition was defeated. Prop. 8, the b...
Nov 5, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Life After Election Day Life After Election Day
No more Todd, no more Track, no more Bristol. No more Jon Stewart. No more Colbert Report.
Nov 5, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Streaming Live: Democracy Now! Reports the Returns Streaming Live: Democracy Now! Reports the Returns
Our friends at Democracy Now! host a special five-hour Election Night broadcast from 7PM to midnight EST, with results as they come in. The program will include on-the-ground repo...
Nov 4, 2008 / Richard Kim
Prop 8: What’s at Stake Prop 8: What’s at Stake
It's a bright, sparkling Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, and about a thousand people of all hues and ages are flocking to the south lawn of City Hall. The majority of the crowd is...
Nov 4, 2008 / Richard Kim
The Undecideds: What’s Their Problem? The Undecideds: What’s Their Problem?
Undecided voters--"or, as I call them, morons," Bill Maher says--remained a stubborn five or six percent of the electorate as the polls reported final results yesterday. ...
Nov 4, 2008 / Jon Wiener
White Voters and Obama White Voters and Obama
Why isn't Obama farther ahead in the polling? The objective factors that favor the Democrats this year are overwhelming: the worst economy since the Great Depression, the most unp...
Nov 4, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Seismic Shifts in the Political Landscape Seismic Shifts in the Political Landscape
There's clearly a new political landscape forming in the U.S. That's what the polls are telling us. It's not just that the first major-party black candidate for President is lead...
Oct 29, 2008 / TomDispatch