A New Day for Conservatism? A New Day for Conservatism?
I don't mean to distract from Steny Hoyer's big victory as House Majority Leader, about which I'll be writing more shortly. But Republicans are holding their own leadership electi...
Nov 16, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Waxman for Majority Leader? Waxman for Majority Leader?
Frustrated by Jack Murtha's ethical skeletons and stand on choice and guns? Angry about Steny Hoyer's numerous ties to K Street corporate lobbyists? Well, there should be a third...
Nov 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Pelosi Gets Tough Pelosi Gets Tough
Vin Weber, a former Republican Congressman from Minnesota and top advisor to Newt Gingrich, said something interesting about Nancy Pelosi right before the election. "She will be a...
Nov 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The Good News About Robert Gates The Good News About Robert Gates
In September 2002, Arab League head Amr Mussa warned that an invasion of Iraq would "open the gates of Hell" in the Middle East. Four years later, with those gates--at least in I...
Nov 14, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Oversight Begins Oversight Begins
Last month, President Bush and His Congress snuck a provision into a military authorization bill that would put an end to the good work of the Special Inspector General for Iraq R...
Nov 14, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Murtha: “Iraq Is Crucial” Murtha: “Iraq Is Crucial”
If the election for House Majority Leader becomes a referendum on corruption, Jack Murtha loses, despite his opponent Steny Hoyer's numerous ties to K Street lobbyists. That's wh...
Nov 14, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
How the GOP Could Win How the GOP Could Win
On the darkest day for Republicans in decades, the GOP had one bright light: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who got more votes than any other candidate in his party on November 7 â&e...
Nov 14, 2006 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Democracy Promotion Now (continued) Democracy Promotion Now (continued)
Recently I wrote of the need for an expansive agenda of Democracy promotion here at home to strengthen and repair our broken electoral system. The urgency of one critical element...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Conservative Dissonance Conservative Dissonance
Republicans are drawing an odd lesson from Tuesday's defeat: they weren't conservative enough. Conservatives abandoned their small-government principles, a growing consensus alle...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
A Presidential Vote for Torture A Presidential Vote for Torture
Last Wednesday, the President held a news conference in the wake of that election thumpin' in which he announced the sacking of Donald Rumsfeld, made (strained) jokes, pledged him...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation