Political Ideologies

Newt Gingrich’s Tea Party Problem Newt Gingrich’s Tea Party Problem

His rhetoric appeals to the Tea Party, but his past record doesn’t.

Dec 5, 2011 / Ben Adler

Why Mitt Romney Avoids Interviews Why Mitt Romney Avoids Interviews

 Even on Fox News Romney is defensive and unable to explain a key policy. 

Dec 1, 2011 / Ben Adler

Melissa Harris-Perry: Herman Cain’s Campaign Train Wreck Melissa Harris-Perry: Herman Cain’s Campaign Train Wreck

What is Cain still doing in the GOP's presidential nomination race?

Dec 1, 2011 / Press Room

The Nastiness of Newt

The Nastiness of Newt The Nastiness of Newt

Gingrich, the champion of child labor, has risen to the top of a GOP field so extreme it would scare Goldwater and Reagan.

Nov 30, 2011 / The Editors

Rick Perry’s War on Women

Rick Perry’s War on Women Rick Perry’s War on Women

How the Texas governor launched an assault on Planned Parenthood and women’s health.

Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Jordan Smith

Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law

Even as Republican presidential contenders stake out extreme anti-labor positions in New Hampshire, unions in that state have succeeded in blocking an anti-union “Right-to-Wo...

Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols

The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal

Jonathan Chait has it backwards: Progressives' problem has been too much loyalty to the President, not too little.

Nov 30, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Anti-‘Too Big to Fail’ Jon Huntsman Nails Romney as Wall Street’s Man Anti-‘Too Big to Fail’ Jon Huntsman Nails Romney as Wall Street’s Man

Taking the position of former Senator Russ Feingold, former Utah governor positions himself as the anti-bankster candidate -- and a serious alternative to over-the-top corporatism ...

Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols

Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class?

Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class? Is Obama ‘Abandoning’ the White Working Class?

Conservatives are completely misrepresenting a study of the electorate. 

Nov 30, 2011 / Ben Adler

Newt Gingrich

Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich

It’s more than just their distaste for Mitt Romney. Gingrich appeals to conservatives with his extreme denunciations of liberals.

Nov 29, 2011 / Ben Adler

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