A Lesson for the Next President A Lesson for the Next President
Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?
Oct 21, 2008 / Feature / Demitrious Sinor
Olbermann’s Special Comment on ‘Real America’, Palin, Bachmann Olbermann’s Special Comment on ‘Real America’, Palin, Bachmann
Keith Olbermann criticizes the McCain campaign and other Republicans, like Michele Bachmann, for their use of divisive politics during the campaign.
Oct 21, 2008 / Countdown
Colin Powell on Why He Endorsed Obama Colin Powell on Why He Endorsed Obama
Colin Powell slams right-wing attacks on Obama's character and argues in a favor a generational change in the White House.
Oct 19, 2008 / Talking Points Memo
Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election? Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?
In state after state, the number of new voters has swelled like never before. They're mostly under 30 and solidly backing Barack Obama.
Oct 17, 2008 / Feature / Cora Currier
Saturday Night Live: Obama and McCain’s Plumber Debate Saturday Night Live: Obama and McCain’s Plumber Debate
McCain celebrates his 'best friend in the whole world', Joe the Plumber, who has a 'magical plunger' that will fix all our economic problems.
Oct 17, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Joe the Anti-Social Security Plumber Joe the Anti-Social Security Plumber
'Joe the Plumber', the unlikely star of the final 2008 presidential debate, reveals some of his more extreme views on the issues.
Oct 16, 2008 / Talking Points Memo
McCain Scoffs at ‘Mother’s Health’ Abortion Exemption McCain Scoffs at ‘Mother’s Health’ Abortion Exemption
Obama and McCain exchange blows on abortion rights and a mother's health, the latter of which is too extreme for the Republican.
Oct 16, 2008 / Talking Points Memo
Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians
The GOP's machinery of hate has taken on a life of its own.
Oct 16, 2008 / Richard Kim
Obama’s Virginia Territory Obama’s Virginia Territory
So far in the once-red state of Virginia, things are going Obama's way.
Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Gary Younge
It’s Sliming Time (Again) It’s Sliming Time (Again)
Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.
Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman