Political Figures

Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly

Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly

Even after all the "lamestream media" coverage, new data shows Sarah Palin's "Mama Grizzlies" video was largely ignored by her supporters and watched mostly by ...

Jul 14, 2010 / Ari Melber

There’s Just No Pleasing Some Robber Barons There’s Just No Pleasing Some Robber Barons

Billionaires and corporate moguls are claiming Obama is anti-business. Think again.

Jul 14, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Obama Should Re-Mobilize His Base for Midterms Obama Should Re-Mobilize His Base for Midterms

The campaign for control of Congress is dominating the Washington landscape.

Jul 13, 2010 / The Today Show

Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform? Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform?

Eric Alterman asks, should Americans be proud of what Obama has done so far, or has he succeeded only in passing weak reforms?

Jul 13, 2010 / Press Room

Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform? Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform?

Eric Alterman asks, should Americans be proud of what Obama has done so far, or has he succeeded only in passing weak reforms?

Jul 13, 2010 / MSNBC

The Year of Which Women Again? The Year of Which Women Again?

So it's “the year of the women" in the media again. But again, it's only some.

Jul 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now

Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now

Even with supermajorities in both houses of Congress behind them, American presidents cannot pass the kind of transformative progressive legislation that Barack Obama promised in...

Jul 7, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fix the Jobs Crisis, Then the Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fix the Jobs Crisis, Then the Deficit

While conservative media obsesses over the deficit and Republicans are knocking down job creation plans left and right, Obama will have to convince the American people that the def...

Jul 7, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Two More Candidates for the McChrystal Treatment Two More Candidates for the McChrystal Treatment

At this point, the only way the economy is going to turn around is if Obama's economic hotshots grant professionally damaging interviews to journalists who won't paper over their m...

Jul 7, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Sarah Palin to Run the RNC? Sarah Palin to Run the RNC?

Sarah Palin's capacity to mobilize in spite of her gaffes is what makes her a more dangerous candidate to head the RNC.

Jul 7, 2010 / Press Room

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