Campaigns and Elections

Tim Pawlenty Wants to Super Size the Bush Tax Cuts Tim Pawlenty Wants to Super Size the Bush Tax Cuts

Compared to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's plan for tax reform, the Bush tax cuts are a quaint example of fiscal restraint.

Jun 16, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie

Obama’s Puerto Rico Pit Stop Obama’s Puerto Rico Pit Stop

For the first time in fifty years, a sitting president visits the United States' largest territory—where citizens can't vote in presidential elections, but are still hit up f...

Jun 15, 2011 / Félix Jiménez

Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann? Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann?

The media has focused too much on Bachmann's self-styled image and not enough on the far-right policy positions and neo-McCarthy politics she has embraced as a member of Congress.

Jun 15, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann? Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann?

The media has focused too much on Bachmann's self-styled image and not enough on the far-right policy positions and neo-McCarthy politics she has embraced as a member of Congress. ...

Jun 15, 2011 / The Ed Show

GOP Debate: Michele Bachmann and Six Guys

GOP Debate: Michele Bachmann and Six Guys GOP Debate: Michele Bachmann and Six Guys

The congresswoman used her first presidential debate appearance to announce her candidacy and steal the limelight from everyone else—except, perhaps, Mitt Romney.

Jun 14, 2011 / John Nichols

Six Questions Tonight’s GOP Debaters Don’t Want to Discuss

Six Questions Tonight’s GOP Debaters Don’t Want to Discuss Six Questions Tonight’s GOP Debaters Don’t Want to Discuss

"Shouldn't we just get rid of Medicare?” "What's with Obamneycare?” and "Weiner versus Vitter?”

Jun 13, 2011 / John Nichols

Will the GOP Debate Be Civilized or a Slugfest? Will the GOP Debate Be Civilized or a Slugfest?

George Zornick joins the Washington Times’s Charles Hurt on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to break down GOP strategy, the beginnings of the electoral horse ...

Jun 13, 2011 / C-SPAN

Palin and the Memory of Literacy Tests Palin and the Memory of Literacy Tests

In anticipation of the 2012 elections, Southern legislators are reducing early voting opportunities and imposing unprecedented identification card rules. This could have a dispara...

Jun 9, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Russ Feingold’s March With Workers Stirs Talk of a Political Comeback Russ Feingold’s March With Workers Stirs Talk of a Political Comeback

The former senator's renewed public profile has progressives talking about an open Senate seat or a recall election against Governor Walker.

Jun 7, 2011 / John Nichols

The Real Meaning of Santorum The Real Meaning of Santorum

Before he was an internet punchline, Rick Santorum was the baby face of compassionate conservatism. Remember that?

Jun 6, 2011 / Richard Kim

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