Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech: Will He Condemn Voter Suppression? Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech: Will He Condemn Voter Suppression?
The question that Romney must answer Wednesday is simple: Which side is he on?
Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Joe Walsh Didn’t Always Think Veterans Should Shut up About Their Service Joe Walsh Didn’t Always Think Veterans Should Shut up About Their Service
The deadbeat dad Tea Partier is the gift that keeps on giving.
Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper
Republican Negative Ad Spending Explodes Republican Negative Ad Spending Explodes
Conservative Super PACs plan to bury Obama under an avalanche of misleading attack ads.
Ari Berman: Why Republicans Are Challenging the Voting Rights Act Ari Berman: Why Republicans Are Challenging the Voting Rights Act
If the GOP is pursuing voter ID laws for the sake of civil rights, then why is it doing so in a way that disenfranchises minority voters?
Jul 9, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Tweet Beat: The Top Ten Best Republican Songs Tweet Beat: The Top Ten Best Republican Songs
Twitter brings you the the best Republican songs you've never heard of.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper
‘Money In, People Out’: The Twin Pillars of the GOP’s 2012 Plan ‘Money In, People Out’: The Twin Pillars of the GOP’s 2012 Plan
The Republican strategy imperils our democracy and seeds distrust among a populace that already has little confidence in its elected leaders.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue
Snow Mitt and the Huntsman: A Tale from the Dark Forest of Republicanism Snow Mitt and the Huntsman: A Tale from the Dark Forest of Republicanism
Jon Huntsman’s decision to skip the GOP convention says a lot about how narrow the party of Lincoln, and even Reagan, has become.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Limbaugh Wants to Extend Vote Suppression to Women Limbaugh Wants to Extend Vote Suppression to Women
Rush says, “When women got the right to vote is when it all went downhill.” No wonder he supports voter ID laws.
Vetoing Voter ID Is the (Historically) Republican Thing to Do Vetoing Voter ID Is the (Historically) Republican Thing to Do
Michigan's Republican governor blocked a voter suppression measure, harkening back to a GOP of yore.
Jul 6, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
GOP’s Rejection of Medicaid Funds Is One More Ideologically Driven Bad Idea GOP’s Rejection of Medicaid Funds Is One More Ideologically Driven Bad Idea
Republican governors are again planning to reject federal money that would help their states.
Jul 5, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert