Political Figures

Katrina vanden Heuvel: America Needs Investment, Not Looting Katrina vanden Heuvel: America Needs Investment, Not Looting

Romney’s corporate donors and big business background make him a dangerous choice for “CEO of America.”

Sep 28, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

The Story of ‘the Stench’ and the Future of the Right The Story of ‘the Stench’ and the Future of the Right

 Why was this act of political "satire" so believable?

Sep 27, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Mitt’s New ‘I Care’ Message Makes a Pretty Good Case… for Obamacare Mitt’s New ‘I Care’ Message Makes a Pretty Good Case… for Obamacare

How does Romney argue that his efforts to expand healthcare in Massachusetts show “empathy” while ripping Affordable Care Act?

Sep 27, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Where Crazy Conservative Memes Are Invented Where Crazy Conservative Memes Are Invented

The parallel universe of right-wing conspiracy e-mail smears.

Sep 25, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Obama at the UN: No Vision, Lots of Whoppers Obama at the UN: No Vision, Lots of Whoppers

The president kowtows to GOP criticism on foreign policy.

Sep 25, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Top GOP Senate Candidate Just Says It: ‘Do Away With Medicare, Medicaid’ Top GOP Senate Candidate Just Says It: ‘Do Away With Medicare, Medicaid’

Paul Ryan is still peddling the fantasy that he only wants to “reform” Medicare and Medicaid. But one of his closest allies is bragging about finishing off entitlemen...

Sep 25, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Claim Shows Weak Class Analysis Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Claim Shows Weak Class Analysis

The candidate’s false division of Americans into “makers and takers” could be politically catastrophic.

Sep 24, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes

Obama Against the World Obama Against the World

Forget Mitt Romney. With the foreign policy crisis in the Middle East, can the president make it to November 7?

Sep 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Romney Tax Returns: Days Late, Dollars Short, Still Incomplete Romney Tax Returns: Days Late, Dollars Short, Still Incomplete

Romney’s tax returns reveal he pays a lower rate than typical middle-class families—and there's a lot we still don’t know.

Sep 21, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own

Romney’s doomed political strategy was born out of the same kind of arrogant, hidebound thinking that now colors every aspect of his party’s political ideology. 

Sep 21, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

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