McCain’s “Worst Speech” Panned by Pundits McCain’s “Worst Speech” Panned by Pundits
John McCain's nomination speech was so flat, so disjointed, so utterly devoid of any vision or affirmative plan for the U.S. -- it's hard to say much about it, other than it sucked...
Sep 5, 2008 / Ari Melber
Ratings Race: Can McCain Beat Palin? Ratings Race: Can McCain Beat Palin?
ST. PAUL -- The numbers are in for Sarah Palin's Republican National Convention speech, and they're pretty remarkable. Some 37.2 million viewers watched Palin deliver a sharp, fr...
Sep 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah
Jon Stewart exposes the shameless GOP double-speak in the wake of the Palin selection.
Sep 4, 2008 / The Daily Show
Community Organizers Fight Back Community Organizers Fight Back
Organizers are not particularly practiced at taking things lying down. Surprise! "I have ‘actual responsibilities,'" said Jacqueline del Valle, a community organizer in the B...
Sep 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte
Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.
Sep 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Cheney Blusters Through the Caucasus Cheney Blusters Through the Caucasus
Leave aside the fact that it's hard to imagine how to invest $1 billion in aid to the tiny rogue nation of Georgia. Dick Cheney, scowl and bluster on display, is cruising through ...
Sep 4, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Sarah Palin Smokescreen The Sarah Palin Smokescreen
"Here's the deal: Palin is the latest G.O.P. distraction," Bob Herbertwrote in a New York Times op-edon Tuesday. "She's meant to shift attention away from the real issueof this ...
Sep 4, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Goes After… Community Organizers? GOP Goes After… Community Organizers?
You know what's fun? Sitting in a room with thousands of people who run the country and listening to them unleash their full fury at how unfairly they're been treated. It's like l...
Sep 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Spiro T. Palin Spiro T. Palin
ST. PAUL – Forty years ago, mounting a comeback campaign after losing a presidential race eight years earlier, Richard Nixon secured the Republican nomination and then selected ...
Sep 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Palin’s Big Strikeout Palin’s Big Strikeout
Sarah Palin gave a riveting and devastating nomination speech on Wednesday night. She shared her inspiring story and brave family, while savaging and ridiculing the celebrated life...
Sep 4, 2008 / Ari Melber