Campaigns and Elections

McCain and the Mortgage Meltdown McCain and the Mortgage Meltdown

John McCain's fingerprints are all over our current financial crisis.

Sep 10, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Palin’s Hidden Base Palin’s Hidden Base

It turns out Sarah Palin has something substantial to hide, especially from swing voters.

Sep 9, 2008 / American News Project

Maverick to Nowhere Maverick to Nowhere

Sarah Palin's record in Alaskan politics lays bare the myth of her maverick credentials.

Sep 9, 2008 / Talking Points Memo

From Organizer to Elected Official From Organizer to Elected Official

It's not that big a leap from the public service work done by community organizers and the pragmatic work of coalition-building done by elected officials.

Sep 8, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier

Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies

Rachel Maddow offers a timely fact-check of the McCain campaign's recent spate of lies about Barack Obama.

Sep 8, 2008 / MSNBC

Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders

The highs and lows of both conventions, Jesse Jackson's first public comments since July and a debate on the role of progressives in the weeks to come.

Sep 8, 2008 / Radio Nation

GOP Mocks Public Service GOP Mocks Public Service

Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.

Sep 5, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier and John Atlas

Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah

Jon Stewart exposes the shameless GOP double-speak in the wake of the Palin selection.

Sep 4, 2008 / The Daily Show

Sarah Palin’s Shotgun Politics Sarah Palin’s Shotgun Politics

The vile politics of the party of abstinence stepped up to suffocate Bristol Palin in its embrace.

Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Gary Younge

New Orleans: The City That Won’t Be Ignored New Orleans: The City That Won’t Be Ignored

Hurricane Gustav should have been political rat poison for the GOP; instead, it became an argument for drilling.

Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein

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