The Nation’s Victory Navasky on Obama The Nation’s Victory Navasky on Obama
Navasky elaborates on his theory that President Obama might just be a "liberal in centrist clothing."
Feb 9, 2009 / The Real News Network
Reid and Pelosi Get Spoofed Reid and Pelosi Get Spoofed
Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig play Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, while making the point that the Democrats are the ones in charge.
Feb 9, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Wanted: Relief and Revival Wanted: Relief and Revival
We can no longer afford post-partisan happy talk. We need straight talk from the President about how government spending is critical, now, for economic relief and revival. At th...
Feb 9, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Oversight: Fed Gives Away Trillions No Oversight: Fed Gives Away Trillions
Since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet has expanded by $1.2 trillion with little oversight.
Feb 9, 2009 / American News Project
Obama’s Bully Pulpit Best Bet to Beat Economic Royalists Obama’s Bully Pulpit Best Bet to Beat Economic Royalists
The missing element in Barack Obama's presidency up to this point has been a popular appeal to the American people. He has needed to stand at the "bully pulpit" that Teddy Roosev...
Feb 9, 2009 / John Nichols
How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights? How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights?
Bipartisanship promises to be even harder to achieve on human rights than it is on a stimulus package. Two pending decisions at the United Nations will reveal the depth of the admi...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Rejecting Republican Know-Nothings Rejecting Republican Know-Nothings
After reviewing the arguments Senate Republicans are making for their intransigence on the stimulus bill, Maddow counters with the hard economic facts.
Feb 9, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Big Week Ahead on Capitol Hill Big Week Ahead on Capitol Hill
Crunch time on Capitol hill this week. Greg Kaufmann provides the low-down: Recovery and TARP -- those are the cable news networks go-to issues this week….Dems want the recove...
Feb 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Save the Solis Nomination Save the Solis Nomination
Labor secretary-designee Hilda Solis is not a toxic asset in the Obama personnel portfolio. The GOP is wrong to equate her husband's tax dispute with the infractions of high roller...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
The Biden Speech: The Downside The Biden Speech: The Downside
Joe Biden's widely hailed speech hit a lot of the notes calculated to please his European audience. But there's a lot to worry about, too, in the vice president's address. Most w...
Feb 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss