The Empire Strikes Barack
Humanitainment : Barack Obama
Can the entire narrative of the last few months of the Democratic nomination fight be found in the second Star Wars film?
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McCain's Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam
Brave New Films & Mother Jones : Religion
Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.
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Trust the Voters
The Editors : Politics
Finally, the Democratic campaign can begin to focus on what really matters--healthcare, the economy and leaving Iraq.
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Battle of the Hawks
Robert Scheer
In the increasingly unlikely event of a McCain-Clinton election, people who care about peace have serious reason to worry.
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Clintons in Denial
Tom Hayden
Tuesday's elections show the Clintons are beyond persuasion or capable of thinking beyond their own interests.
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Gas Tax Holiday (from Reality)
Talking Points Memo : Oil
As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, if you disagree with her gas tax plan, you're an elitist.
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Race to the Bottom
Betsy Reed : Hillary Clinton
How Hillary Clinton's campaign played the race card--and drove a wedge into the feminist movement.
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The Missing Debate
Stephen F. Cohen : Russia
Why aren't the presidential candidates talking about Moscow's impact on our national security?
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No Country for Old Men
Robert Scheer
Age is a factor in this race and nowhere is it so important as in McCain's vice-presidential choice.
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McCain Is the Media's Maverick
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
Why does the American public think John McCain is a maverick? Because the mainstream media told them so.
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Hillary's Iran Insanity
Talking Points Memo : Iran
How did Hillary go from being simply hawkish on Iran to becoming completely hellbent on its destruction?
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The Clintonian Legacy
Barbara Crossette : US Foreign Policy
Bill Clinton's foreign policy record, on which his wife is running, was anything but stellar.
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Bitter Politics
The Editors
Voters and superdelegates now must ask at what cost Clinton is willing to continue this fight.
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Did Race Win the Race for Hillary?
Gaiutra Bahadur : Racism & Discrimination
Does living in mixed communities make people less or more vulnerable to campaigning that plays on ethnic and racial divisions?
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The Intemperate Candidate
Robert Scheer : Iran
Hillary Clinton's intemperate remarks about "obliterating" Iran cloud her primary win with questions about her judgment.
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Why Hillary Makes My Wife Scream
Tom Hayden
By trying to inflict maximum damage on Obama, she's threatening the Democratic Party's chances for the White House. Progressives need to intervene.
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The Fabulous Life of John McCain
Progressive Media USA : John McCain
John McCain thinks America's financial crisis is just "psychological." If he can't understand our country's economic problems, how will he solve them?
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Fox News' Obama Lies Are Spreading
Brave New Films : Fox News Network
We'd expect Fox News to cover Barack Obama unfairly, but who knew the so-called "liberal media" would follow their lead so often?
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Pennsylvania's 'Obamicans'
Ari Berman : Pennsylvania
Democratic activism and Obama's campaign have turned Doylestown, Pennsylvania, from solid red to purple--maybe even blue.
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Bowling for Pennsylvania
Gaiutra Bahadur : Pennsylvania
Can Barack Obama get racially mixed communities in Pennsylvania's small towns to bowl together?
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The Liberation of Reverend Wright
Eudora Smith : Religion
The media's portrayal of Obama's former pastor as racist reflects an ignorance about the black church and its rhetorical traditions.
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Bitter Fruit in Pennsylvania
Gary Younge : Barack Obama
If Obama's remarks on poor white voters were gauche, the responses they elicited have been galling.
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The Man Who Would Be Bush
Robert Scheer : John McCain
As millions surrender homes and sacrifice our nation's political reputation to the caprices of Bush and Cheney, a majority of voters say they might vote for John McCain. What are they thinking?
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Bitter? You Should Be! Why Obama Is Right
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
If you had to choose between Hillary or God for economic assistance, who would you cling to?
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Put Inflation on the Political Agenda
Nicholas von Hoffman : Economic Policy
Gas is up, sneakers are up, onions are up and eggs, too. The only thing that is not up is your income.
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Maybe One Cheer for Barack Obama
Alexander Cockburn : Barack Obama
He's not a real fighter. He's too pretty and doesn't want to get his looks messed up.
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Health Policy Placebos
David U. Himmelstein & Steffie Woolhandler : Health Care Policy
Clinton and Obama haven't come up with real solutions yet, but a mass movement could push them toward the right solution.
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A Misunderstanding on Iraq
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Peace Activism
Progressives who support Barack Obama must use the primary race help shape his policies on Iraq.
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War of The Word
Robert Scheer : Religion
Why the fuss over Obama's pastor when Bible-based damnations for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches?
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Cautionary Healthcare Tales From California and Massachusetts
Trudy Lieberman : Health Care Policy
Signs of trouble no matter who is elected President.
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Progressives for Obama
Tom Hayden, Bill Fletcher Jr., Danny Glover & Barbara Ehrenreich : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.
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The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.
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Hillary's Nasty Pastorate
Barbara Ehrenreich : Religion
When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
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Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign
Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater
Clinton and Obama each have nuanced plans to ban private security firms from Iraq. The difference is how they're spinning them.
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Obama, Politics and the Pulpit
Christopher Hayes : Barack Obama
The uproar over intemperate remarks by Obama's former pastor reveals all that's repellant in our national discourse over race, religion and politics.
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Economic Chaos, Political Consequences
Nicholas von Hoffman : Banks & Banking
As the federal bailout of the banking industry continues, is it too much to ask that McCain, Clinton and Obama abandon their blue-sky promises and address reality?
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Smearing Obama
Ari Berman : Media Analysis
False claims about Obama intended to stoke racial and religious fear are trickling from the far right to the mainstream media.
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A Sea-Change Election?
Robert L. Borosage
The 2008 presidential election could signal the most dramatic political shift since Reagan.
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Time for a Revote
John Nichols : Democratic Party
Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.
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'Nation' Editor Comments on Spitzer Scandal
Katrina vanden Heuvel & VideoNation : Eliot Spitzer
On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the Spitzer scandal and what it means for New York.
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State of Confusion
Mary Mapes : Texas
The caucus was raucous and the rancor will continue for weeks. But if you're a Democrat in the Lone Star State, these are good times, baby.
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(Some) Jews Against Obama
Eric Alterman : Judaism & Jews
What do neocons and their media mouthpieces fear most about Obama's stance on Israel? Could it be honesty?
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House of Cards
Patricia J. Williams : Feminism & Women
t would be truly tragic if John McCain strolls into the White House while we argue over who has it worse, black men or white women.
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Will Democracy Win?
The Editors
Clinton's scorched-earth tactics have helped put the integrity of the electoral process at risk. Do Democrats have the will to make the process fair?
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Winning Votes, Hearts & Minds
Lou Dubose : Texas
Hillary Clinton may have won Texas, but the huge crowds participating for the first time in the primary and caucuses were there mainly because of Barack Obama.
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What Makes Ralph Run
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader explains the reasons why he must run in 2008. They haven't changed since 2004.
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The Working-Class Vote in Ohio
Brett Story & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
What issues matter to Ohio's blue-collar voters? JoAnn Wypijewski reports from the campaign trail.
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Postcards From Ohio
JoAnn Wypijewski : Hillary Clinton
The white working-class vote is on the line--so is the myth of Clinton-era good times.
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Less Whining, More Dirt!
Alexander Cockburn : Barack Obama
Obama can take the rhetorical high road, but he should have some mean stokers in the engine room.
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Morning in America
As voters choose sides in a momentous election, feminists call on women to reject the race-gender split.
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A Meeting of Minds
Tom Hayden
Thursday's debate revealed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as solid progressives in sync with the broad base of the Democratic Party.
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Leveraging the Power of Race and Gender
Kavita Nandini Ramdas
Electing the first black or female President is not the issue. It's how Clinton and Obama would use their unique gifts to heal a troubled world.
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The History of Hope
Peter Dreier : History
Voters drawn to Barack Obama are often criticized as naive. But appeals to our collective hope for a more decent society are core to the American experience.
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Mistakes They Made: From Hillary to Rush to Bush
Alexander Cockburn
Staying married, demonizing McCain, romancing Wall Street
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Raise the Bar
Laura Flanders : Democratic Party
Grassroots Democrats, parched for their party's attention, should play hardball with candidates on Iraq.
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Generation O
Cora Currier : Voters & Voting
The depth and substance of Obama's youth phenomenon has yet to be tested.
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Purple Obama
Bob Moser : Barack Obama
While Obama was winning over Virginians he was not supposed to have a prayer with, McCain was losing some voters he must have.
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Candidate in a Corner
John Nichols : Hillary Clinton
After the losses of February, Hillary Clinton must start March with wins that restore her delegate lead.
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Obama vs. Clinton--What Now?
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Politics & Government
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.
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Florida and Michigan: Vote Again
Tom Hayden
To avoid convention disaster, the DNC should reset caucuses and primaries in Florida and Michigan.
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Superdelegates 101
Ari Berman & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
The Nation's Political Correspondent breaks down who these "superdelegates" really are, and what they could mean to the Clinton/Obama race.
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Movin' On Up
Patricia J. Williams : Humor
Now that we've crested the mountaintop, let's have some politically incorrect dreams.
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McCain vs. GOP Taliban
John Nichols : John McCain
McCain's march toward the Republican nomination is the year's most improbable journey.
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California Dreaming
Lakshmi Chaudhry : California
The Golden State's lesson for Clinton and Obama is that they each need to craft a more daring politics of transcendence.
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Obama's Promise
The Editors : Barack Obama
He offers the best chance to redefine the center of American politics and forge a new progressive majority.
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The Huckabee Factor
Sarah Posner : Conservatives & The American Right
With talk of a possible VP slot and a dedicated core of supporters, the former Arkansas governor's popularity shows the Christian right's not done yet.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes : Barack Obama
Here's why Obama is the left's best chance to take back the country.
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Exit Edwards, Stage Left
John Nichols : John Edwards
His candidacy is ended, but John Edwards should continue his campaign to make economic justice in America the Democrats' core message.
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Not So Superdelegates
Ari Berman : Democratic Party
Unelected insiders may well hold the key to the 2008 Democratic nomination. How did things become so undemocratic?
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MoveOn Weighs Dem Endorsements
Ari Melber : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
The netroots powerhouse is surveying its members on whom to support. It's a test of the candidates and of the progressive movement.
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Memo: Where Do the Democrats Stand on Iraq?
Tom Hayden : Iraq War
A deep look into how the candidates propose to bring the troops home and deal with the continuing military dilemma.
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Obama, Clinton and the War
Robert Scheer : Hillary Clinton
Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama sheds some needed light on Hillary's hawkishness and the real differences between the candidates.
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South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Stephen Colbert : Campaigns & Elections
Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
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A Torch Passed
Amy Alexander : Barack Obama
With a veritable Mount Rushmore of Kennedy faces arrayed behind him, Barack Obama received powerful symbolic and political support from the icons of the liberal establishment.
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Endorsing Obama
Tom Hayden : Barack Obama
The movement he's inspired holds the promise of a new cycle of activism, reform and fresh thinking. So I will support him through the inevitable storms ahead.
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Some Things Even Obama Can't Transcend
Gary Younge : Racism & Discrimination
Before we can talk sensibly about transcending difference, we must first transform the conditions that give these differences meaning.
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Viva la Restauracion
Christopher Hayes : Latinos
Latinos supported Hillary Clinton in the chaotic Nevada caucuses, but how much do her policies support them?
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Bill and Hill's Dangerous Game
Nicholas von Hoffman : Bill Clinton
The Clintons cannot compete with the enthusiasm Obama sets off so they are trying to destroy it. They just may succeed--but at an awful price.
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Playing Politics with Bankers
Robert Scheer : Banks & Banking
Now that Dennis Kucinich is out of the presidential debates, don't expect Clinton or Obama to hold unregulated bankers accountable for the global economic meltdown.
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Racial Politics, Clinton Style
Ari Berman : Hillary Clinton
No matter who injected the issue of race and gender into the Democratic presidential campaign, it's not going away.
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The Weepy Witch and; the Secret Muslim
Katha Pollitt : Hillary Clinton
If the campaign becomes a competition between race and gender, the winner will be whichever white man the GOP nominates.
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Twin Disasters
The Editors : U.S. Economy
When will the candidates cease their petty sniping and address the real issues: the Iraq War and the faltering economy?
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Hillary's Real MLK Problem
Barbara Ehrenreich : Hillary Clinton
"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.
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The Real Mike Huckabee
Max Blumenthal
An interview with a preacher and longtime political confidant reveals that Huckabee's not the sunny figure the media's leading lights have conjured up.
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A Platter of Crow for the Pundits
Marvin Kitman : Humor
Political opinionators have a lot of explaining to do about their poor prognostication in New Hampshire.
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The Voter ID Fraud
Garrett Epps : The Courts
The conservatives ensconced on the Supreme Court are set to uphold draconian ID requirements on voters that will redefine electoral politics in America.
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Obama's Wide Net
Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
His web-driven, self-starting activism could be the key to getting his message out--and bringing young voters to the polls on Super Tuesday.
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Populism's Candidate
Christopher Hayes : Democratic Party
No matter who wins the Democratic election, the John Edwards campaign has set the domestic agenda for the entire field.
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GOP Dilemmas
John Nichols : Republican Party
John McCain is just enough of an outsider to keep the GOP competitive in a "change" election.
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The Race Is On
The Editors : Electoral Politics
Throw polls and pundits out the window: the race will be decided not by kingmakers but by the voters themselves.
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American Pie
Patricia J. Williams : Hillary Clinton
Don't let the media or the right-wing spinmeisters reduce our first-ever serious black and female presidential candidates to stereotypes.
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Anti-War Lessons From New Hampshire
Tom Hayden : Iraq War
How will Democratic candidates end the war? None of the scenarios offered to New Hampshire voters really addressed the issue.
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Recession--Who Cares?
Barbara Ehrenreich : Economic Policy
Politicians and economists find it hard to admit that we have two economies--one for the rich and one for everyone else--and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression, for a long, long time.
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Coming to Terms With Huckabee
Nicholas von Hoffman : Mike Huckabee
There's a lot to like about Mike Huckabee. But when you look at his record, there's a lot to worry about.
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Play the Class Card
Robert Scheer : Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton may claim that her gender makes her the unmistakeable agent of change--but what's radical about voting for a corporate lawyer?
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A Conversation with Joe Trippi
Ari Melber
John Edwards's political consultant talks about web-driven organizing, why Hillary Clinton may be the next Howard Dean and how bloggers and mainstream media are covering the campaign.
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A Season of 'Change'
Jonathan Schell : Barack Obama
Throughout the political sphere--in Democratic and Republican campaigns, in media coverage and pollsters' surveys--the word "change" is bubbling on people's lips. What does it really mean?
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Amid Silence, Terror War Escalates
Tom Hayden : Pakistan
Bush's "war on terror" is escalating without discussion or dissent amid the most open and democratic of American processes--the presidential debates.
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New Hampshire's Nuclear Primary
Harvey Wasserman : Anti-Nuclear Activism
Edwards and Kucinich oppose nuclear power plants; Obama and Clinton are very much in favor. Will voters care?
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A Night at the Caucus
Ari Berman : Barack Obama
An Iowa native attends his home-town caucus, and discovers deliberative democracy at its freewheeling finest.
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The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars
Ari Berman : US Foreign Policy
All the candidates reject Bush's disasters--but that won't be enough for the next administration.
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The Mad-Money Primary Race
John Nichols : Campaigns & Elections
If we don't fix the nominating process this year, it will be even worse in 2012.
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Obama, Race and the Presidency
Ari Melber : Racism & Discrimination
Barack Obama's historic victory in Iowa comes at a crucial time for a nation still grappling with how remedies to offset racism affect America's power structure.
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Return of the Swift Boaters
Christopher Hayes : Conservatives & The American Right
As conservatives stare into an electoral abyss, the shadowy group that smeared John Kerry in 2004 has reorganized and stands poised to do its dirty work again.
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Edwards Calls to End US Training Effort in Iraq
Tom Hayden : John Edwards
His new stance could have an impact on Iowa caucus-goers.
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Too Much of a Bad Thing
Nicholas von Hoffman : Campaign Finance
Hillary Clinton's touting her expertise over Obama--but is experience at political attack, mega-fundraising and cronyism really all that desirable?
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South Carolina: Inside the 'Black Primary'
As Clinton and Obama square off in South Carolina, a window opens on the fractured state of black politics. It's been an extended soul search. And it ain't over yet.
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The Obama Effect
Gary Younge : Civil Rights & Liberties
Have the dreams of the civil rights movement been realized or deferred?
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Playing the God Card
It's not Romney's Mormon faith that threatens the core values of a secular nation. It's Huckabee's messianic candidacy.
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Bad Sex in the City
JoAnn Wypijewski : Rudolph Giuliani
There's something untrustworthy about a man who can't conduct a decent affair. Rudy Giuliani never could.
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Fear on the Campaign Trail
Glenn Hurowitz : Electoral Politics
As Democratic candidates strive to keep their messages upbeat and cheerful, they should take a lesson from the environmental movement on the power of fear to motivate political change.
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The Audacity of Oprah
Patricia J. Williams : Barack Obama
The combined power of Oprah & Obama could reinvigorate our embattled political landscape.
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Ron Paul's Roots
His phenomenal candidacy is giving the long-fractured libertarian movement a Kumbaya moment.
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Blackwater's Bu$ine$$
Undeterred by scandal, Blackwater's global business is booming and continues to pursue its political agenda from deep inside the Mitt Romney campaign.
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Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Despite new evidence on Iran's nuclear ambitions, President Bush is sticking to his story--an inflated threat assessment some leading Democrats have bought into.
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Heartland Forum Tackles the Real Issues
Christopher Hayes : Media Analysis
Pushing past TV's divisive debate format, a unusual forum in Iowa Saturday pushed Democratic candidates to really explain where they stand on pollution, immigration and predatory lending.
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Fumbling Florida
Bob Moser : Electoral Politics
Have Democrats already blown the biggest swing state?
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War Comes Home to Iowa
The absence of a definitive antiwar candidate has divided the state's peace activists.
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How the Peace Movement Can Win
Tom Hayden : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
For war opponents, the election year is a moment of great opportunity--and peril. The challenge is to leverage antiwar sentiment into a victory for peace.
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President Rudy's War Council
Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.
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Cheering for Ron Paul
It takes a libertarian Republican to shame Democrats into acknowledging the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans.
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What to Do About Campaign Finance Loopholes
Deborah Goldberg : Campaign Finance
Political reporters are fixated on the candidates' endless money chase and the expected flood of corporate funds into shadow campaigns. But they have forgotten why we care.
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Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Electoral Politics
The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
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Carter Speaks His Mind
A conversation with the former President on Jonathan Demme's new film, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and the difficulty of talking about Israel and Palestine.
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Crisis as Opportunity
The softening economy, foreclosures, bank write-offs, the swooning dollar and stock market are intruding on the politics of 2008. Do the candidates have a clue?
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Clinton Under Fire for Planting Fake Questions
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign came under fire over the weekend for planting fake questions at town hall events--and the netroots are on to her.
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Gender Card: Hillary Shuffles the Deck
Susan Faludi : Hillary Clinton
Mainstream media pundits claim she's playing the victim. In fact, she's running like a man, playing out a national fantasy to rescue America.
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Blue Tide In Kentucky--and Virginia
Democrats gained steam in Tuesday's off-year elections, making it even more obvious that two significant Southern states are up for grabs in 2008.
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Cracking the Code
Thom Hartmann : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
How can the left be as adept as the right-wing spin machine at communicating its political agenda? Learn how to use the tools.
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Why We Need International Law
Oona A. Hathaway : US Foreign Policy
It's time to undo the damage and reaffirm America's historical commitment to international law.
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Facing Hamas and Hezbollah
Helena Cobban : US Foreign Policy
US diplomacy in the Middle East has been held hostage by a refusal to engage with these two popular movements.
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Combating Muslim Extremism
American politicians should stop implying that Muslim nations and individuals are more dangerous than any other group of human beings. They should also stop calling their religion "fascist."
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The Iranian Challenge
Trita Parsi : US Foreign Policy
To change Iran's behavior, we must first change our own.
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Avoiding the Toughness Trap
William D. Hartung : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
Candidates should rethink their commitment to outmoded security tools and veiled nuclear threats against nonnuclear states.
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The New Right-Wing Smear Machine
Christopher Hayes : Media Analysis
A web-savvy form of conservative propaganda, written anonymously and forwarded via e-mail, is altering the political landscape.
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A Values Voters Schism
Sarah Posner : Conservatives & The American Right
The Christian right is embroiled in an internal culture war, pitting true believers against pragmatists looking for a candidate to satisfy the antitax and neoconservative wings of the GOP.
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The New GOP Means Business
Forget Values Voters. With Bushism discredited and mainstream Republicans looking for candidates with business savvy and competence, Democrats may be facing far more formidable foes than they imagined.
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Hillary's Mystery Money Men
Russ Baker & Adam Federman : Lobbies/PACs
The men behind the money that made Bush now want to claim the Clinton campaign. Is someone cooking the books at Hillary Inc.?
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A New Latino Agenda
Latino voters will go to the polls in 2008 with a hemispheric vision, a new sense of power and concerned about Iraq, immigration and the environment.
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Rudy's Bird of Prey
Giuliani's conservative kingmaker knows all about the ugly side of Third World debt. He invented it.
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Rudy's Dirty Money
A closer look at the Texas energy interests fueling the former New York mayor's presidential campaign.
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Why We Act
We need a President willing to choose morality over hyper-Americanism.
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Let Dennis Debate
Kucinich may be too idealistic to be a presidential contender, but his voice needs to be heard.
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How Different Are the Top Three Dems?
Katha Pollitt : Hillary Clinton
Clinton, Edwards, Obama: behind the branding, they're more similar than you think.
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Clinton and Obama: Running on Ambien
Barbara Ehrenreich : Hillary Clinton
Can America survive the tedium of its black and female candidates?
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For Hillary, There's No Such Thing as Dirty Money
Nicholas von Hoffman : Hillary Clinton
Will her talent for raising campaign cash turn into a liability?
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Biden One-Ups Bush
Instead of spending even more money armoring soldiers' vehicles, he should work harder at trying to end the war.
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The GOP's Iraq Problem
Robert Dreyfuss : Republican Party
Iraq has become a liability the GOP can hardly afford.
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The Richardson Surge
John Nichols : Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson's edgy, opinionated and sometimes risky campaign is clicking because of his exit-now strategy from Iraq.
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Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health
Katha Pollitt : Health Care Policy
With the exception of John Edwards's plan to eradicate poverty, the concerns of the poor seem to have fallen off the progressive agenda for 2008.
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Restore Integrity to Federal Elections
Lawrence Norden : Electoral Reform
The House must act now to create universal voting standards and restore confidence in our electoral system.
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Democrats Sizzle in Iowa
It felt a bit like Election Day in Iowa this weekend, as Democratic candidates at Senator Tom Harkin's Steak Fry served up appetizers of the campaign to come.
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The Presidential Pageant
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
Here they go again: Bigfoot media are crafting the narratives that will distort the candidates, the issues and the entire presidential campaign.
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GOP Clutches at Iowa Straws
Marc Cooper : Republican Party
The Iowa straw poll offered a penetrating glimpse into the crisis facing the Republican party.
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The Economy Debates
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Robert L. Borosage : U.S. Economy
Want to know the real differences between the candidates? Listen to what they say about the economy.
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Hillary's Labor Gambit
Senator Clinton has a pro-worker voting record. So why are unionists skeptical?
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How the Democrats Blew It in Only 8 Months
Alexander Cockburn : Democratic Party
Are we better off or worse since the Democrats won back Congress?
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Things Fall Apart
The Minneapolis bridge collapse should prod all presidential candidates, especially Democrats, to come up with real plans to fix our crumbling infrastructure.
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At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age
Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
Hillary filibustered them, Obama wooed them, Edwards took them seriously. Now that the Democratic establishment is paying heed, can the netroots remain true to their egalitarian roots?
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President Rudy
How much worse a president would Rudy Giuliani be than George W. Bush? Author Kevin Baker counts the ways.
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Fred Thompson, Neocon
David Corn : Conservatives & The American Right
He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.
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The Populist Moment?
Economic populism is the new flavor in politics, but it won't be authentic unless it's driven by and for the people.
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Purple America
Democrats are poised to seize a historic opportunity to win back voters in the South and West they started losing four decades ago.
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The Swift-boating of Mitt Romney
Max Blumenthal : Conservatives & The American Right
Christian conservatives play the porn card in an attempt to discredit Mitt Romney and advance the cause of Fred Thompson.
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Bloomberg's Day
Micah L. Sifry : Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg doesn't actually have to run for President to tilt the race his way.
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High Stakes on Health
Robert L. Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel : Health Insurance
Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?
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