Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell and Tina Fey Mock Bush, Palin Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell and Tina Fey Mock Bush, Palin
President Bush compliments Sarah Palin's 'folksiness' and implores voters to picture his face whenever they think of John McCain.
Oct 24, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Democracy in Action Democracy in Action
Back when Karl Rove was still dreaming of a permanent Republican majority, election 08 was shaping up to be the most extensive laboratory to date for his bag of dirty tricks. In ...
Oct 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Bloomberg Beats Democracy Bloomberg Beats Democracy
New York's City Council grants Mayor Michael Bloomberg the opportunity to run for a third term. He'll probably win, but will New Yorkers?
Oct 23, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
A Bad Case of Electuenza A Bad Case of Electuenza
Incessant cries for help--and money--from people running campaigns are destroying my peace of mind.
Oct 23, 2008 / Annabelle Gurwitch
After Hardball After Hardball
Last Friday, one of the guests preceding my segment on MSNBC's Hardball was a then-little known Congresswoman from Minnesota named Michele Bachmann. She's not little known now. ...
Oct 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Brave New Films Contest: What Would You Ask McCain? Brave New Films Contest: What Would You Ask McCain?
Tell us what issue you would ask McCain to come clean about and why. You might just win a free 'Real McCain' t-shirt.
Oct 23, 2008 / Brave New Films
Michele Bachmann Versus Paul Wellstone Michele Bachmann Versus Paul Wellstone
After she was elected to the U.S. House in 2006 as a very conservative in 2006, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- who had already stirred more than her share of controve...
Oct 23, 2008 / John Nichols
Crossword Classic #23 Crossword Classic #23
From the March 20, 1948, issue.
Oct 23, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
The $700 Billion Kiss-off? The $700 Billion Kiss-off?
The Roman historian Tacitus famously put the following lines in the mouth of a British chieftain opposed to imperial Rome: "They have plundered the world, stripping naked the...
Oct 23, 2008 / TomDispatch
McCain Attack Ads by John Woo, Wes Anderson and Kevin Smith McCain Attack Ads by John Woo, Wes Anderson and Kevin Smith
What if iconic Hollywood directors John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson took a crack at creating a John McCain attack ad?
Oct 23, 2008 / The Landline