Is What Blago Did Illegal? Is What Blago Did Illegal?
Playing devil's advocate for a moment. Obviously, if the tapes areaccurate, what Blagojevich was odious and unethical and dishonorable.But was it illegal? Here's why I ask: t...
Dec 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Is the Auto Bailout Bill a Trap? Is the Auto Bailout Bill a Trap?
As my colleague John Nichols noted, the House passed the $15bn auto-bailout deal yesterday, with little Republican support. It now goes to the Senate where it's passage appears do...
Dec 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Labor Victory in Chicago Labor Victory in Chicago
When Barack Obama revealed after the election that he was reading a book on Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days as president, the "new New Deal" discussion went into overdrive. Pr...
Dec 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Scowcroft, Gates, Jones: Go Slow on Iraq Scowcroft, Gates, Jones: Go Slow on Iraq
When it comes to predictions about Obama's Iraq policy, we can discount the supercilious Rush Limbaugh, who "predicted in a speech last week that Democrats will back down from the...
Dec 11, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
House Backs Auto Bailout, But Will Senate GOP Kill It? House Backs Auto Bailout, But Will Senate GOP Kill It?
After months of dithering as factories closed and unemployment figures rose, on house of Congress has finally taken a step to shore up the real economy of the United States. By a ...
Dec 11, 2008 / John Nichols
The Blagojevich Moment The Blagojevich Moment
It is absolutely mind boggling to read of the pay-to-play corruption gone wild in the indictment against Governor Rod Blagojevich -- from withholding money for a children's hospit...
Dec 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Ross: Our Loss Obama’s Ross: Our Loss
There's a lot of buzz -- much of it generated by AIPAC, WINEP, and other parts of the Israel lobby, and a lot of it, no doubt, by Ross himself -- that hawkish Dennis Ross is going...
Dec 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Grinch as Hero The Grinch as Hero
My blogging has been off lately as I've been recuperating from my first-ever bout of food poisoning. Nasty thing. If you're ever so unlucky, check here. But I'm healthy now and ...
Dec 9, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Helping Workers Now Helping Workers Now
This dispatch comes from Nation reporter Gregory Kaufmann: Two new reports from the Center of American Progress (CAP) suggest that there is much the Obama Administration can do t...
Dec 9, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Governor Gone Wild: Blagojevich Busted Governor Gone Wild: Blagojevich Busted
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a scandal-plagued Democrat who among other things was preparing to appoint a senatorial successor to President-elect Barack Obama, was arrested ...
Dec 9, 2008 / John Nichols