Health Care Moving in the Right Direction Health Care Moving in the Right Direction
Those of us paid to observe Congress have spent the last two weeks watching, with mouth agape, as congressional Democrats slowly raised a loaded gun to their collective mouths and ...
Jan 27, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Obama’s SOTU Test: Will He Be a Manager or a Leader? Obama’s SOTU Test: Will He Be a Manager or a Leader?
A new president gets a full year to prepare his initial State of the Union address. That is a blessing and a curse.
Jan 27, 2010 / John Nichols
Freeze, Like a Deer in Headlights Freeze, Like a Deer in Headlights
There's lots of progressive backlash in the blogosphere to the announcement that the president is going to call for a multi-year freeze on "non-security discretionary spending...
Jan 26, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Blocking Bernanke is Smart Economics, Smart Politics for Dems Blocking Bernanke is Smart Economics, Smart Politics for Dems
If the Democratic Party wants to lose – or, to be more precise, wants to lose badly in 2010 and 2012, it need only maintain its current loyalty to the most powerful interests...
Jan 25, 2010 / John Nichols
Teddy Roosevelt Was Right: Ban ALL Corporate Contributions Teddy Roosevelt Was Right: Ban ALL Corporate Contributions
What to do about the decision by U.S. Supreme Court to -- in the words of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold -- "(ignore) important principles of judicial restraint and respect f...
Jan 21, 2010 / John Nichols
Massachusetts Meltdown Massachusetts Meltdown
What the wake-up call is really telling us.
Jan 21, 2010 / The Editors
Coakley’s Loss: Pie in the President’s Face Coakley’s Loss: Pie in the President’s Face
Martha Coakley's loss in Massachusetts put on display the monumental miscalculations by which Obama has governed.
Jan 20, 2010 / William Greider
Coakley Loses — And So Does Obama Coakley Loses — And So Does Obama
Whoever scheduled the special election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Edward Kennedy on January 19 did Barack Obama no favors.
Jan 19, 2010 / John Nichols
Six Scenarios for the Massachusetts Vote and After Six Scenarios for the Massachusetts Vote and After
Here are six scenarios for today's special election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Edward Kennedy.
Jan 19, 2010 / John Nichols
William Jennings Obama Seeks to Save Massachusetts Seat William Jennings Obama Seeks to Save Massachusetts Seat
A suddenly populist Barack Obama tore into the Republicans for siding with banks rather than consumers and taxpayers Sunday in Boston, hoping that his fiery rhetoric would revive t...
Jan 17, 2010 / John Nichols