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Bush Lies, Media Swallows (Bush's Lies, Politics)

The more things change...

Eric Alterman
Gray Day in California (Gubernatorial Campaigns and Elections, Political Figures, States, Politics)

The Republican wave that swept the country seemed to crash and recede
right at the California border, but only barely.

Marc Cooper
Going Down the Road (Soft Money, Politics)

How quickly the joy fades.

Jim Hightower
Wanted: A Few Good Girls (Gender Issues, Conservatives and the American Right, Politics, Society)

Right-wing foundation seeks eligible young women for meaningful,
long-term relationship.

Karen Houppert
Rampaging Republicans (Legislative Campaigns and Elections, Parties, Politics)

The President, let's understand, won a historic victory by committing
politics--shrewd, aggressive, old-fashioned, take-no-prisoners
politics--while the opposition party did the opposite.

The Editors
Failed Midterms (Legislative Campaigns and Elections, Parties, Politics)

George W. Bush may have lost the 2000 election, but he won the 2002
election--with a good deal of help from Democrats, who took a dream
scenario and turned it into a political nightmare.

John Nichols
Less-Than-Zero Dems (Legislative Campaigns and Elections, Parties, Politics)

It's hard to beat something with nothing.

David Corn
Pat Buchanan, Editor (Conservatives and the American Right, Politics)

Is Bill Kristol the Antichrist?

David Corn
Labor Plays Its Hand (Gubernatorial Campaigns and Elections, States, Unions, Politics)

Unions have improved their political game but are unhappy with the
results.

David Moberg
Plenty of Nothing in New York (Gubernatorial Campaigns and Elections, Political Figures, States, Politics)

Governor Pataki's effective Gary Cooper imitation leaves Democrats in despair.

Jack Newfield

Blogs

Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Republicans are obfuscating the debate by offering a false choice between gender equality and the public financing of elections, when really the two issues are deeply linked.

May 23, 2013
'Primal Scream' for Reform: LA's 77 Percent Vote to Overturn 'Citizens United'
John Nichols

The US’s second-largest city joins the national call for a constitutional amendment.

May 23, 2013
Susan B. Anthony List: The NRA of the Anti-Choice Movement?
Ilyse Hogue

Susan B. Anthony fought her whole life for women’s rights. Now a group using her name wants to win elections to roll them back.

May 22, 2013
Massachusetts Senate Race Turns to Gun Control
George Zornick

The GOP candidate in Massachusetts hasn’t been able to defend his anti-gun control position. 

May 22, 2013
The GOP's Black Friends Need More Black Friends
Mychal Denzel Smith

Republicans may want to turn to an unlikely source for clues on how to sell conservatism to black voters. 

May 21, 2013
How to Make Voting Easier
Ari Berman

On the twentieth anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act, voting rights are under attack 

May 20, 2013
The Peculiar Politics of Karl Rove's 'Outrage' Over the IRS Flap
John Nichols

Karl Rove was at war with grassroots conservatives a few months ago. Now he’s defending them. Why?

May 17, 2013
Congress Is Ready to Fight Over Deep Food Stamp Cuts
George Zornick

The GOP proposes steep reductions to the federal food stamp program—and that might blow up the entire farm bill. 

May 16, 2013
Washington Misses the Point on the Tea Party and the IRS
Rick Perlstein

How do you travel from a tax-exempt “non-political” Tea Party rally to a political one? You walk across a park.

May 16, 2013
Dems to DOJ: ‘Very Troubled,’ ‘Inexcusable,’ ‘No Way to Justify This’
John Nichols

And the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee agrees. How’s that for bipartisanship?

May 15, 2013
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