Politics

Letterman Slams McCain’s ‘Suspension’ Letterman Slams McCain’s ‘Suspension’

The Late Night Show host asks, 'What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president?'

Sep 25, 2008 / Video / CBS

Sarah Palin, Affirmative Action Babe Sarah Palin, Affirmative Action Babe

Affirmative action for potential leaders of the world's most powerful country: that's what the GOP stands for now.

Sep 24, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Wooing Unions for Obama Wooing Unions for Obama

Unions are trying to combat racism and sway undecided working-class voters toward Obama.

Sep 24, 2008 / Feature / David Moberg

McCain’s Troopergate Scandal McCain’s Troopergate Scandal

Palin claims she wants more accountability in Washington. So why is the McCain campaign stonewalling the Troopergate investigation?

Sep 24, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols

Palin and the Christian Right Palin and the Christian Right

Sarah Palin breathes new life into the religious right's vitiated political movement.

Sep 24, 2008 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg

Free Sarah Palin! Free Sarah Palin!

CNN's Campbell Brown slams the McCain campaign for barring their own VP pick from speaking with reporters, a move Brown calls unequivocally 'sexist'.

Sep 24, 2008 / Video / YouTube

John McCain: The Fundamental Deregulator John McCain: The Fundamental Deregulator

John McCain may have recently discovered his inner populist, but he has been pushing for deregulation all year.

Sep 23, 2008 / Video / Huffington Post

GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote

A Michigan news site uncovers a GOP plan to deny people caught up in foreclosure proceedings the right to vote in November. Team Obama files suit to stop the practice.

Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier

Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison? Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison?

Palin makes a bizarre statement reminiscent of the Adam Sandler buffoon: 'They don't flag the molecules, where it's going and where it's not'

Sep 22, 2008 / Video / Air America

John McCain: Crisis Enabler John McCain: Crisis Enabler

The deregulation binge that tanked global markets is a bullet deliberately fired into the economy by ideologues, heedless of the ultimate cost to taxpayers. And John McCain cheered...

Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Mark Sumner

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