A War Powers Challenge to Obama’s Libya Project A War Powers Challenge to Obama’s Libya Project
President Obama failed to seek a declaration of war before ordering US attacks on Libya. Now, he faces a challenge under the War Powers Resolution.
Apr 20, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals
Why does President Obama continue to let Republicans define the terms of the budget debate?
Apr 19, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate? Obama vs. Ryan: Who’s Winning the Deficit Debate?
Democrat strategists say that the deficit fight is good for Obama. But by conceding that debt is the biggest problem facing the country, the president is undermining the case for t...
Apr 19, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Winter Soldiers Outshine Sunshine Patriots as Palin’s Madison Rally Is Overwhelmed by Protest Crowd Winter Soldiers Outshine Sunshine Patriots as Palin’s Madison Rally Is Overwhelmed by Protest Crowd
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin jetted into Wisconsin to cheer up backers of Governor Scott Walker. But her tepid crowd of Tea Partisans was overwhelmed by masses of cowbel...
Apr 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP
Agreement is approved by House and Senate, but Democratic opposition in the House is striking. In the Senate, Bernie Sanders votes no and says “this budget moves America in e...
Apr 15, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Time for Obama to Join the Fight Time for Obama to Join the Fight
Obama’s punching below his weight class again. That was Gary Younge’s metaphor, a boxing analogy that makes more sense if you consider the weight a politician carri...
Apr 14, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Stuck in the Middle With Obama: The President Who Still Won’t Take a Side Stuck in the Middle With Obama: The President Who Still Won’t Take a Side
Sort of FDR. Sort of Reagan. The president rejects privatization of Social Security. But he's for austerity and broad cuts. And he admits that what he proposes in his much anticipa...
Apr 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama Blasts House GOP, Paul Ryan’s ‘Deeply Pessimistic’ Budget Plan Obama Blasts House GOP, Paul Ryan’s ‘Deeply Pessimistic’ Budget Plan
Though short on specifics, President Obama's speech on the deficit today defended progressive governance and blasted the GOP's plan to gut the country's social safety net.
Apr 13, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
A Simple Standard: Don’t Back Anyone Who Messes With Social Security A Simple Standard: Don’t Back Anyone Who Messes With Social Security
The president's speech will be the clearest indication on whether he is going to give Wall Street what it really wants—so-called "entitlement reforms."
Apr 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
We Can’t Win the Fight if We Can’t Tell the Story We Can’t Win the Fight if We Can’t Tell the Story
Whatever one thinks of the foreign and domestic policy outcomes of the past two years, it is clear that the Obama administration has stumbled in its ability to tell a compelling st...
Apr 12, 2011 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry