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
Last Week on the Hill Last Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: This Week in Congress Republicans continued to fight with no holds barred to defend a failed ideology. Thirty-six out of 41 Republican Senatorsvoted for an ...
Feb 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
From My Inbox: UPDATE on Dr. Susan Wicklund’s Clinic From My Inbox: UPDATE on Dr. Susan Wicklund’s Clinic
The Mountain Country Women's Clinic in Livingston MT has been open for one week. There were 51 picketers, and patients from hundreds of miles away. That tells you that for all ...
Feb 8, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
More Bipartisanship, Less Stimulus More Bipartisanship, Less Stimulus
Determined to pass something in the way of a stimulus package, Senate Democrats on Friday bartered away key elements of the more robust plan approved by the House. Senate Majorit...
Feb 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Steadfast Before Goliath Steadfast Before Goliath
A leading Palestinian politician defends his people and their nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.
Feb 6, 2009 / Mustafa Barghouti