Political Figures

Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders

Richard Kim and Sarah Posner on the Obama's controversial embrace of Rick Warren. Plus: Ari Berman on Howard Dean's legacy and more.

Dec 22, 2008 / Radio Nation

Obama’s Philosophy: Play It Cool Obama’s Philosophy: Play It Cool

The president-elect's seemingly unflappable temperament gets spoofed by SNL's Fred Armisen.

Dec 22, 2008 / Saturday Night Live

What’s the Matter With Rick Warren? What’s the Matter With Rick Warren?

Obama's choice to give the invocation at his inauguration is a slap at progressives and a bow to the religious right.

Dec 17, 2008 / Sarah Posner

The Prophet The Prophet

Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy remade the Democratic Party. What comes next?

Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman

Hurled Shoes: Bush’s Epitaph Hurled Shoes: Bush’s Epitaph

The loathing that led an Iraqi to hurl shoes at Bush serves as the world's final verdict on US folly in Iraq. It's also a caution for Obama as he ponders Afghanistan.

Dec 17, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Pragmatist The Pragmatist

We get it. He's pragmatic. But what does that mean--politically and philosophically?

Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes

Bearing the Weight of it All Bearing the Weight of it All

Barack Obama's electoral victory is momentous but ethereal. Progress is eroded when not pushed forward--and there is still much yet to be done.

Nov 19, 2008 / Benjamin Todd Jealous

Chris Hayes on the Bailout of Joe Lieberman Chris Hayes on the Bailout of Joe Lieberman

The Nation's Chris Hayes suggests that Congress might be too generous lately, by granting Joe Lieberman his beloved Homeland Security chairmanship.

Nov 18, 2008 / Countdown

Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders

Nick Turse on a scandal that killed 11,000. Plus: Bob Dreyfuss, Patricia Williams and Frances Fox Piven on the nascent Obama policy agenda.

Nov 18, 2008 / Radio Nation

Sen. Ted Kennedy Returns to Senate Sen. Ted Kennedy Returns to Senate

Sen. Ted Kennedy triumphantly returns to the Senate and plans to make healthcare reform a top priority.

Nov 17, 2008 / Talking Points Memo

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