Mitt’s Race Card

Here’s Ed Kilgore, now at Political Animal, on a subject that turns my stomach. Once again we see demonstrated very clearly...

Romney Attacks Obama for Failing to Help the Uninsured. Wait, What?

Jonathan Cohn at The New Republic, this morning, “…one more reminder that, to Romney, the uninsured aren’t a group of...

Stephanie Kifowit

Kifowit Campaign Looking for Staffer

The Friends of Stephanie Kifowit Campaign is looking for people interested in working on a competitive political campaign. Stephanie is...

Truth and Lies

Fallows: Truth, Lies, Politics, and the Press, in Three Acts

I enjoy James Fallows and often find that he is thinking at a level that tries to formulate and understand...

Jonathan Cohn: Who’s Raiding Medicare? Hint: It’s Not Obama.

Jonathan Cohn: Who’s Raiding Medicare? Hint: It’s Not Obama.

So just to review: Obama takes money away from the health care industry and uses it to help people pay...

What Paul Ryan Has Offered Us

What Paul Ryan Has Offered Us

…on Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s choice for VP:

From Bill Foster: Guess Who’s Back

From Bill Foster: Guess Who’s Back

From Bill Foster’s campaign the other day: Dear Steve, For years, Congresswoman Judy Biggert has been a reliable party line...

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

…in my in-box this morning:   Steve –Paul Ryan will be Mitt Romney’s running mate. What you need to know...

Timothy Noah: How Republicans Mastered the Art of Voter Suppression

Timothy Noah: How Republicans Mastered the Art of Voter Suppression

From Timothy Noah at The New Republic: Art of War How Republicans mastered voter suppression. THE GOP IS supposed to...

You Keep Using Those Words. I Do Not Think They Mean What You Say They Mean.

You Keep Using Those Words. I Do Not Think They Mean What You Say They Mean.

The entire “you didn’t build that” issue is premised on deliberately pulling Obama’s words out of context and insisting that...