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Quote of the day
How John McCain is like Ronald Reagan.
Katharine Mieszkowski Feb 28, 2008
Bush's stairway to paradise
Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity.
By Sidney Blumenthal Sep 20, 2007
Dithering Democrats
Six months ago, the new Congress missed its chance to shift the debate on Iraq -- and to avoid this week's defeat on a timetable for withdrawal.
By Joe Conason May 25, 2007
Baker, Christopher to chair war powers panel
If Bush ignored the Iraq Study Group, how is he going to feel about this commission's work?
Tim Grieve Feb 28, 2007
Sandra Day O'Connor: Why I left the Supreme Court
And why Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't relish being the only woman left serving there.
Katharine Mieszkowski Feb 5, 2007
Still grave and deteriorating
While James Baker preaches to give escalation a chance, Congress searches for the means to stop Bush's war in Iraq.
By Walter Shapiro Jan 31, 2007
Shuttle without diplomacy
After signaling support for James Baker's Iraq proposals, Condi caved and stood faithfully by the president's failing policies -- assuring her irrelevance, and that of the State Department.
By Sidney Blumenthal Jan 10, 2007
Behind Bush's "new way forward"
A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war.
By Sidney Blumenthal Dec 20, 2006
A bombshell with a long fuse
The Iraq Study Group report may be DOA. But it shows the Washington establishment is finally confronting reality in the Middle East.
By Gary Kamiya Dec 12, 2006
Military readiness lowest since Vietnam War
Expert advisors to the Iraq Study Group say the U.S. military now faces a cold, hard truth: It can't muster many more combat troops for the war.
By Mark Benjamin Dec 8, 2006
Will Bush choose his new friends over his old?
The president's Shiite allies in Iraq really don't like some of James Baker's Sunni-friendly suggestions.
By Juan Cole Dec 8, 2006
The last neocon
The Iraq Study Group shot down Bush's failed war strategy. Yet John McCain stubbornly supports it -- calling for more troops and promising unattainable victory.
By Joe Conason Dec 8, 2006
On Baker, the White House gets a little snippy
"Jim Baker can go back to his day job."
Tim Grieve Dec 7, 2006
Will Bush listen to reason?
Victory in Iraq is out of reach. But at least the recommendations of the bipartisan Baker Commission could help the U.S. find an exit strategy.
By Walter Shapiro Dec 7, 2006
Beating off the rescue party
Just as he ignored accurate intelligence on Iraq, Bush will dismiss the Baker Commission's tough-minded proposals for salvaging his botched war.
By Sidney Blumenthal Dec 7, 2006
Can Bush change course? It's the question Baker won't answer
A punt and then a dodge from the Iraq Study Group member who probably knows best.
Tim Grieve Dec 6, 2006
The madness of George
The president's likely refusal to pursue the diplomatic solutions recommended by the Iraq Study Group is simply senseless.
By Joe Conason Dec 1, 2006
No graceful exit
We blundered into Iraq for made-in-America reasons. Now our absorption in domestic politics will dictate our blundering out.
By Walter Shapiro Dec 1, 2006
Is there still time to save Iraq?
Sources involved in the Baker group's deliberations worry that their report is "too late."
Tim Grieve Nov 30, 2006
Leaving Iraq? Not so fast
Early signs indicate that Democrats will be very cautious about redeployment, and they want to make sure W. takes the blame.
By Mark Benjamin Nov 22, 2006
Condi's Iraq surprise
In a secret end run around Cheney and Rumsfeld, the secretary of state pressed Bush to back the Iraq Study Group -- and change the course of the war.
By Mark Benjamin Nov 17, 2006
All the father's men
Bush family guardians James Baker and others are trying to rescue "Sonny" from his failed Middle East policies. Will he listen this time?
By Sidney Blumenthal Nov 16, 2006
Fall of the house of kitsch
Like Haggard and other GOP cultural warriors, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were empty historical characters -- faux "war heroes" who trafficked in style over substance.
By Sidney Blumenthal Nov 8, 2006
Replaying GOP racism
Ken Mehlman's cynical effort to inflame white bigotry in Tennessee is no different from what the Republicans did in their infamous 1988 "Willie Horton" ad.
By Joe Conason Oct 27, 2006
Bush's policy quagmire
The president is already signaling he'll disregard James A. Baker III's recommendations for reshaping U.S. policy in the Middle East. But will Baker sit still?
By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 26, 2006
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