Politics

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 / 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 / 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 / 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

Bankrupt AIG Underwrote McCain’s ‘Reform Institute’ Bankrupt AIG Underwrote McCain’s ‘Reform Institute’

John McCain is making a big show of criticizing the government "bailout" of insurance giant AIG. But it turns out that AIG is one of the largest donors to his pet think-tank.

Sep 19, 2008 / Feature / Mark Ames

McCain vs. Spain McCain vs. Spain

McCain declares he wouldn't grant a meeting with the President of Spain if he's elected, perhaps forgetting that Spain is a US ally.

Sep 19, 2008 / CNN

The Contempt of Karl Rove The Contempt of Karl Rove

Fifty years ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that all citizens have an "unremitting obligation" to respond to Congressional subpoenas. Karl Rove has breached this obligation.

Sep 19, 2008 / Rep. John Conyers

Palin Reality Check Palin Reality Check

Ever since Sarah Palin became a vice presidential candidate, the GOP has battled the plain facts to present her as a reformer.

Sep 18, 2008 / The Today Show

Global Warming and Modern Capitalism Global Warming and Modern Capitalism

Environmentalists must learn to join forces with other agents of change.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

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