Give Jeb Bush a ‘Warm Kiss’ Goodbye Give Jeb Bush a ‘Warm Kiss’ Goodbye
After last night’s sorry performance, expect more calls for Bush to exit the race.
Oct 29, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Jeb Bush Says He Has ‘Really Cool Things’ to Do Besides Being President Jeb Bush Says He Has ‘Really Cool Things’ to Do Besides Being President
That’s good, because he’s probably not going to be.
Oct 26, 2015 / Joan Walsh
The Day the GOP Turned the Benghazi Tragedy Into a Farce The Day the GOP Turned the Benghazi Tragedy Into a Farce
Enduring an 11-hour festival of mansplaining, with a sexist assist from GOP women, Hillary Clinton looked calm and presidential.
Oct 23, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Trey Gowdy Is Very Angry You Think His Partisan Benghazi Committee Is Partisan Trey Gowdy Is Very Angry You Think His Partisan Benghazi Committee Is Partisan
The GOP prosecutor is having a pity party over the media finally telling the truth about his Benghazi farce. Can one big day with Clinton salvage his credibility?
Oct 21, 2015 / Joan Walsh
The Democratic Primary Doesn’t Need Joe Biden The Democratic Primary Doesn’t Need Joe Biden
The vice president thinks Hillary Clinton needs better opposition. That’s condescending to the man who’s made this a race.
Oct 19, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Who Won the Democratic Debate? Progressives, Hands Down Who Won the Democratic Debate? Progressives, Hands Down
The largest TV audience in Democratic debate history heard from candidates whose base has pulled them to the left.
Oct 14, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Showdown: What Will We Learn From the First Clinton-Sanders Debate? Showdown: What Will We Learn From the First Clinton-Sanders Debate?
A liberal will square off against a socialist atop the most progressive Democratic field in most of our lifetimes.
Oct 12, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Boehner and McCarthy Reap What They Sowed Boehner and McCarthy Reap What They Sowed
Time and again, the GOP leaders caved to the far right—and encouraged its delusions of power.
Oct 9, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why? Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why?
The mild-mannered reactionary used to be the anti-Trump. Now he’s one-upping him on guns. This won’t end well.
Oct 7, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue
Clinton just came out with a tough plan to tighten gun laws. Will Sanders stick to his guns—or try a new approach?
Oct 5, 2015 / Joan Walsh