Anti-Labor Zealot Mitch Daniels to Give GOP SOTU Response Anti-Labor Zealot Mitch Daniels to Give GOP SOTU Response
The Indiana governor is leading the fight to roll back protections for workers. Tonight he’ll be the face of the Republican party when he replies to Obama’s State of t...
Jan 24, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Romney Rips Gingrich, Gingrich Rips Romney. They’re Both Right. Romney Rips Gingrich, Gingrich Rips Romney. They’re Both Right.
The two GOP front-runners attack one another as corrupt and disreputable. That’s a fair assessment.
Jan 24, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Santorum Touts Birther Endorsement Santorum Touts Birther Endorsement
Rick Santorum is bragging about being endorsed by Joseph Farah of World Net Daily. Is he endorsing Farah’s claims that President Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii?
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Radical Vision for America’s Future Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Radical Vision for America’s Future
What do liberals think of the Republican race for the presidential nomination?
Jan 23, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Nobody Loves Me: A Mitt Romney Music Video Nobody Loves Me: A Mitt Romney Music Video
If Mitt Romney wants to secure the Republican party's presidential nomination, he's going to have to tackle one basic problem: nobody likes him.
Jan 23, 2012 / Video / The Nation
Top Ten Greatest Moments of the South Carolina Primaries Top Ten Greatest Moments of the South Carolina Primaries
A few bad men.
Jan 22, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper
Cultural Populism Catapults Gingrich to South Carolina Victory Cultural Populism Catapults Gingrich to South Carolina Victory
Newt Gingrich won South Carolina’s Republican primary by appealing to religiosity, economic populism and racial resentment.
Finally, An Honest Voice Enters the GOP Race: AFSCME Finally, An Honest Voice Enters the GOP Race: AFSCME
More than 40 percent of Republicans disagree with GOP union-bashing. Labor's smart campaigning against Gingrich and Romney could influence Florida voting—in January, and...
Jan 21, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
What Marianne Gingrich and Al Green Teach Us About the Man Who Could Be President What Marianne Gingrich and Al Green Teach Us About the Man Who Could Be President
Last night’s 179th GOP debate of the season taught us so much, again, about the GOP candidates: socialism for the military, no government at all for anyone else, protect zygotes, execute humans, “I swear I never once provided a single person with healthcare”/ “Yes you did!”/ “Did not!”/ “Did too!,” etc. But the biggest revelations of last night did not occur at the debates. Thursday, I blogged about Marianne Gingrich, one of Newt’s several exes, and her tell-a-little interview (and how inconceivable sex with Newt Gingrich was to me). That was based on a mere preview of Marianne’s interview that ABC had released. But after the debate, ABC ran the entire at-least-a-couple-of-minutes-long interview. Here’s what stood out: • Gingrich left his first wife after she got cancer and left Marianne after she got MS. The take-away is that at least Newt is consistent and that Callista better take her multi-vitamins, though she does have her age on her side. • It was while he was cheating on his wife that Newt crucified Clinton for his infidelity and stated that there was “no administration with less moral authority than the Clinton-Gore administration.” • Marianne Gingrich knows about only “some of” the skeletons Newt keeps in his closet since, presumably, he has more skeletons than could fit in one closet or one person’s mind. And, of course, Newt has continued collecting skeletons since leaving his wife, so she’s in the dark on those. So, last night, we learned, or relearned, that Newt Gingrich is seriously one of the most disgusting, cheating, hurtful, wife-hopping people in the world. We also learned something about President Obama that puts him on the other end of the disgusting/adorable spectrum. And that is that he can sing! Which he did, at a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Perhaps Newt’s unfaithfulness (and the fact that Al Green was at the fundraiser) was what made Obama sing a few (too few) bars from Green’s classic, “Let’s Stay Together” and, specifically, the words “I’m so in love with you.” I pity the wives of Gingrich, but I envy Michelle Obama. See the video and look out for the president’s Kermit the Frog moves. It should convince the “there’s no difference between a Republican and a Democrat” crowd that, when it comes to Gingrich and Obama, there’s a huge difference, at least on a personal level. And, of course, as we all know, the personal is political. Download Video as MP4
Jan 20, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper
Can Gingrich’s Visceral Appeal Outweigh His History? Can Gingrich’s Visceral Appeal Outweigh His History?
Newt Gingrich appeals to South Carolina Republicans like no other candidate. But can he overcome his personal history and his incompetent ground game?