Political Figures

What Obama Needs for Progressive Reform What Obama Needs for Progressive Reform

Here's how progressives can ensure Obama's success.

Aug 13, 2008 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

Obama: McCain Camp Is ‘Proud to Be Ignorant’ Obama: McCain Camp Is ‘Proud to Be Ignorant’

Barack Obama responds to McCain's energy policy smears in no uncertain terms.

Aug 8, 2008 / YouTube

John McCain is Dazed and Confused John McCain is Dazed and Confused

Here's a comprehensive condemnation of John McCain's fitness to lead in less than six minutes.

Aug 8, 2008 / Talking Points Memo

Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq

Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical s...

Aug 5, 2008 / Feature / Allen McDuffee

Change We Can Believe In Change We Can Believe In

Progressive supporters of Barack Obama urge him to stand firm on the principles he so compellingly articulated in the primary. Add your name to this open letter.

Jul 30, 2008 / The Nation

Obama From the Agora Obama From the Agora

Assessing Barack Obama's mythic destiny: will he become more Athenian than Spartan?

Jul 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden

Woman in the House Woman in the House

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about politics, sexism, impeachment, Obama, and her own personal VP pick.

Jul 29, 2008 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obama’s Berlin Visit Obama’s Berlin Visit

A nation whose citizens have been largely turned off to politics held Barack Obama in a fervent embrace, viewing America once again as a place of new possibilities.

Jul 26, 2008 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum

Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience

The media was enthused, but ordinary Israelis, cynical about their own political leaders, gave Obama a muted reception. The refrain here is "No, they can't," not "Yes, he can."

Jul 24, 2008 / Feature / Hillel Schenker

Is John McCain Racist? Is John McCain Racist?

Author Irwin Tang talks about McCain's excessive use of the derogatory term 'gook', in his new book John McCain's Racism and Why it Matters.

Jul 23, 2008 / The UpTake

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