When the GOP Met Gustav When the GOP Met Gustav
The campaign website of Senator John McCain declares that the arrival ofHurricane Gustav is a moment for "Serving a Cause Greater". (Whatever that means.) The GOP--which for e...
Sep 2, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Thousands March Against War & McCain Thousands March Against War & McCain
ST. PAUL -- "We are the troops!" chanted the Iraq War veterans.
"How do you support us? their comrades responded.
"Bring us home!" came the response.
Sep 1, 2008 / John Nichols
New Campaign, Please New Campaign, Please
This campaign really has become some kind of caricature of trivinalia. Now we're getting press releases about the pregnancy of a Vice Presidential candidate's daughter? I'm remi...
Sep 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
My Interview With John Legend My Interview With John Legend
For Legend, who had emerged from humble roots in Springfield, Ohio to become the Obama campaign's most visible musical surrogate, his involvement in the Democratic National Convent...
Sep 1, 2008 / Max Blumenthal
If It Keeps On Raining… If It Keeps On Raining…
It's hard to tell at this point just how bad Gustav is going to be. CNN Is reporting that the industrial canal levees have been breached and water is pouring into the lower nin...
Sep 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Security State Security State
I arrived too late in Minneapolis to witness the police (and FBI) raiding the houses of supposed protesters, but a number of people have been doing incredible coverage of it. Rea...
Sep 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Labor Day: Obama Returns to Union Heartlands Labor Day: Obama Returns to Union Heartlands
ST. PAUL -- Barack Obama will return to the traditional heartlands of the American trade union movement on this Labor Day, marching in and speaking at the close of the annual Labo...
Sep 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Palin on Ron Paul “Right On!” Campaign Palin on Ron Paul “Right On!” Campaign
In a February interview with MTV, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin lavished praise on maverick Republican presidential contender Ron Paul. She had a few nice things to say about anoth...
Sep 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Diddy to McCain: “You Are Buggin” with Palin Diddy to McCain: “You Are Buggin” with Palin
Forget Paris Hilton, rapper and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is now taking on John McCain. Combs posted an extended YouTube blog this weekend, part of his "Diddy ...
Sep 1, 2008 / Ari Melber
Hello, God: About the Hurricane Hello, God: About the Hurricane
OK, God, we know James Dobson asked his followers to pray for rain on Obama in Denver last week. But this storm in New Orleans isn't what anybody had in mind.
Sep 1, 2008 / Michael Moore