Subhed Of the Day Subhed Of the Day
Barack Obama is a magnet for nuts. I suppose this is true of any prominent political figure, and boy was it true of Bill and Hillary Clinton. But we've already seen a whole bunch ...
Jun 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mid-Day Links Mid-Day Links
1) John McCain, the kind of maverick who's so maverick-y he doesn't understand his own climate change policy. 2) Speaking of Climate Change, Ron Brownstein does a post-mortem on ...
Jun 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Beyond Broadcast Beyond Broadcast
If you happen to be in DC today, check out Beyond Broadcast, a conference about the future of public media up at American University.
Jun 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Evil Evil
Let's call it what it is:
Reprieve said their client, Binyam Mohamed, had his genitals slashed repeatedly with a doctor's scalpel while in custody in Morocco after he was flown there from Pakistan by American officials in 2002. It also said his U.S. captors later took pictures of the abuse to show authorities that his wounds were healing.
Jun 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Fighting the Smears Fighting the Smears
I've been tracing the internet-fueled smears and rumors about Barack Obama since I wrote about the phenomenon last year. Yesterday the campaign announced a new smear-debunking sit...
Jun 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Granny Basher” “Granny Basher”
When I read John Dickerson's tedious, chin-stroking piece about Obama being insufficiently enthusiastic about tossing senior citizens into poverty, I thought, "Boy, I wish Dean Ba...
Jun 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Revenge of the Neo Liberals Redux Revenge of the Neo Liberals Redux
UPDATE: Jason Furman emailed to clarify that the statement I paraphrased was specifically in reference to the Obama healthcare proposal and the way in which its costs, as reflecte...
Jun 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Revenge of the Neo-Liberals Revenge of the Neo-Liberals
The Obama campaign announced today it was bringing Jason Furman on board as an economic policy adviser. Furman's smart, and generally well respected and I don't begrudge him his n...
Jun 9, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Attention Jewish Voters: You’re Getting Played by an Anti-Semite Attention Jewish Voters: You’re Getting Played by an Anti-Semite
UPDATED WITH A LETTER FROM ANDY MARTIN Addressing AIPAC the other day, Barack Obama began with a joke about the emails have circulated, particularly in Jewish social circles that...
Jun 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Street Organizer” “Street Organizer”
J Street reader PS emails a link to the RNC's new oppo site on Obama called "Meet Barack Obama." (You can Google it. I'm not gonna dignify it with a link.) He notes their descript...
Jun 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes