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Their support of Democrats declined in 2002, helping to sink the party's fortunes.

Minnesota's Dean Barkley represents a movement with a strong state foothold.

Dinesh D'Souza became a right-wing campus radical at Dartmouth in the late Carter years. His motives should be recognizable to former campus radicals of the other variety.

Raise a Glass to the Stay-at-Home Voter?

How dismal was election night 2002?

One big problem with liberal and leftist debate about Al Qaeda or Iraq
is that it rarely seems to have much to do with Al Qaeda or Iraq.

With Republicans in full control in Washington, next year's prospects
are grim.

CORRECTION: John Eder of Maine, a Green, won state, not national, office.

The talk of war has done its job.
Rove's hopes were far exceeded.
So maybe, with the voting done,
The war itself's not needed.

Well, the elephant is out of the barn now. Congress is lost and whither
Congress, so will go the courts.

Let's take back the Democratic Party and do all we can to beat Bush in 2004.

Blogs

 The investigative journalist followed the dummy on the WMD assertions leading up to the war.

March 7, 2013

 A smoking-gun demonstration of how the formerly great reporter trims his sails according to the power politics of the moment.

March 6, 2013

Do we really want the president to make a deal on the sequester that will be harder to undo later?

March 6, 2013

Are you a woman, person of color, or anyone who isn't a well-off white male? The GOP is for you!

March 5, 2013

Mitt Romney blames bad messaging, but the reality is his proposals were out of touch, especially with minorities.

March 5, 2013

The Dow hit a new high yesterday. A small tax on Wall Street trading could alleviate some of our drastic sequester cuts—and the majority of Americans support it.

March 5, 2013

Gina McCarthy appears to have a long-term vision for combating climate change, and the experience to implement it. 

March 5, 2013

The Chamber of Commerce was planning a campaign to illegally hack its critics, and others could easily follow suit. Will cyberwar extend to domestic political campaigns?

March 4, 2013

Swiss voters just empowered shareholders to restrict and restrain corporate abuses. The US should follow their lead, especially when it comes to corporate influence on campaigns. 

March 4, 2013
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