Elections

Romney’s Flip-Flop to Center Continues With Foreign Policy Romney’s Flip-Flop to Center Continues With Foreign Policy

On Monday, Mitt Romney contradicted his own stated positions on foreign policy issues. That’s because he cares only about politices, not policy.

Oct 8, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

#TalkPoverty: After the Debate, More Questions from Families for Obama and Romney #TalkPoverty: After the Debate, More Questions from Families for Obama and Romney

In the first presidential debate, not a single question about poverty and neither candidate showed the slightest inclination to talk about it either.

Oct 8, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Are True the Vote’s Poll Watching Activities Illegal? Are True the Vote’s Poll Watching Activities Illegal?

Representative Elijah Cummings and law experts say if they are targeting people of color, a court could find True the Vote operations unlawful.

Oct 8, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security

Do vague statements on Social Security now set the stage for “grand compromises” in the future?

Oct 8, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Mitt Romney Declares War on Big Bird Mitt Romney Declares War on Big Bird

Mitt Romney has never been a champion of the Little Guy but in the first Presidential debate last week the former Massachusetts governor showed his true colors.

Oct 8, 2012 / Blog / Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Why Mitt Likes to Say ‘I Like’ Why Mitt Likes to Say ‘I Like’

Since Romney claims to like so many things—grits, firing people, lakes, Big Bird—you have to wonder what he’s really saying.

Oct 7, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Another Voting Rights Victory, This Time in Ohio Another Voting Rights Victory, This Time in Ohio

A court blocks Ohio from cutting off its early voting hours, ensuring that  black voters can participate ahead of Election Day.

Oct 5, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Voting Rights Watch

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Turn to ‘Austerity-Light’ Would Consign This Country to a New Normal of Joblessness Katrina vanden Heuvel: Turn to ‘Austerity-Light’ Would Consign This Country to a New Normal of Joblessness

Vanden Heuvel also talks about the GOP’s “post-truth” politics and the Denver debate on C-Span's Washington Journal.

Oct 5, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Republicans, Here’s How to Complain About the Jobs Report Without Conspiracy Theories Republicans, Here’s How to Complain About the Jobs Report Without Conspiracy Theories

The unemployment rate is definitely going down, and a sustained upswing may be underway.

Oct 5, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

Debate Disgrace Debate Disgrace

Eric on new histories of political thought and Reed on the debate debacle.

Oct 5, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

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