Palin Pays Stylist: $22,800; Policy Aide: $12,500 Palin Pays Stylist: $22,800; Policy Aide: $12,500
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is a "serious" candidate. She's about substance, not style. And to suggest otherwise, she will tell you, is unfair. So, surely, there is some good ex...
Oct 24, 2008 / John Nichols
Democracy in Action Democracy in Action
Back when Karl Rove was still dreaming of a permanent Republican majority, election 08 was shaping up to be the most extensive laboratory to date for his bag of dirty tricks. In ...
Oct 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
After Hardball After Hardball
Last Friday, one of the guests preceding my segment on MSNBC's Hardball was a then-little known Congresswoman from Minnesota named Michele Bachmann. She's not little known now. ...
Oct 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michele Bachmann Versus Paul Wellstone Michele Bachmann Versus Paul Wellstone
After she was elected to the U.S. House in 2006 as a very conservative in 2006, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- who had already stirred more than her share of controve...
Oct 23, 2008 / John Nichols
A Palin Wardrobe Prophet A Palin Wardrobe Prophet
About a month ago I got the following email from a reader. I'm now feeling like a total fool because I kept meaning to follow up, but was a bit OD'ed on Palin and had other thing...
Oct 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Culture War Time Warp Culture War Time Warp
The New York Times Magazine previews a piece from this week's issue about the strangely careening tactical path of the McCain campaign as it's bounced incoherently from message t...
Oct 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Bloomberg as Oligarch Bloomberg as Oligarch
The voters of New York City have twice voted by referendum to limit local elected officials to two four-year terms. But now Mayor Michael Bloomberg is attempting to circumvent th...
Oct 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Al Qaeda Endorses McCain Al Qaeda Endorses McCain
The Post today reports that Al Qaeda has endorsed John McCain for president. With seemingly impeccable logic, the cave dwellers -- actually, more likely, Quetta-squatters -- say t...
Oct 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Video Your Vote Video Your Vote
Two weeks from today, the longest, most historic, and, perhaps, most critical presidential campaign in recent US history, will finally (we hope!) come to a conclusion as a record ...
Oct 21, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
US-Iraq Deal Stalled Again US-Iraq Deal Stalled Again
So far, at least, the only political bloc in Iraq to support the US-Iraq agreement that would allow the continuation of the American occupation are the Kurds. It doesn't look like...
Oct 21, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss