Top GOP Senate Candidate Just Says It: ‘Do Away With Medicare, Medicaid’ Top GOP Senate Candidate Just Says It: ‘Do Away With Medicare, Medicaid’
Paul Ryan is still peddling the fantasy that he only wants to “reform” Medicare and Medicaid. But one of his closest allies is bragging about finishing off entitlemen...
Sep 25, 2012 / John Nichols
Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Claim Shows Weak Class Analysis Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Claim Shows Weak Class Analysis
The candidate’s false division of Americans into “makers and takers” could be politically catastrophic.
Sep 24, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Obama Against the World Obama Against the World
Forget Mitt Romney. With the foreign policy crisis in the Middle East, can the president make it to November 7?
Sep 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Study: Romney Fact-Checked for Falsehoods at Double the Rate of Obama Study: Romney Fact-Checked for Falsehoods at Double the Rate of Obama
Fact-checking is a hot topic in this year’s presidential campaign, and a new academic study is adding fuel to the fire.
Sep 24, 2012 / Ari Melber
Romney’s Ungenerous Donations Romney’s Ungenerous Donations
Reporters are pretending that his tax returns show he gave generously to charity. That’s only if you ignore where the money actually went.
Sep 23, 2012 / Ben Adler
Koch Group Kicks Off Massive Voter Mobilization Effort Koch Group Kicks Off Massive Voter Mobilization Effort
Americans for Prosperity has 200 political staffers, dozens of GOTV offices and a sophisticated voter targeting technology. Will it be enough?
Sep 22, 2012 / Lee Fang
Romney Tax Returns: Days Late, Dollars Short, Still Incomplete Romney Tax Returns: Days Late, Dollars Short, Still Incomplete
Romney’s tax returns reveal he pays a lower rate than typical middle-class families—and there's a lot we still don’t know.
Sep 21, 2012 / George Zornick
McCaskill’s First Debate Tars Akin As Extreme McCaskill’s First Debate Tars Akin As Extreme
The incumbent Democrat used the "legitimate rape" comments to paint a broader picture of Akin's views.
Sep 21, 2012 / George Zornick
A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own
Romney’s doomed political strategy was born out of the same kind of arrogant, hidebound thinking that now colors every aspect of his party’s political ideology.
Sep 21, 2012 / Eric Alterman
How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game
In both boxing and voting cases the strategy is the same: keep the opponent away.
Sep 21, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch