Joan Walsh

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Overcoming the Wright problem
Joan Walsh on Obama's speech and whether the candidate can transcend his affiliation with the offensive preacher
Was Obama's speech enough?
He spoke eloquently and bravely about race but his remarks about his pastor Jeremiah Wright leave many tough questions unanswered.
Should Clinton stay in the race?
Joan Walsh on whether it's time for the candidate to drop out.
Obama in others words
Joan Walsh on the candidate's use of Deval Patrick's speeches.
Responding to David Shuster
Joan Walsh on the television host's degrading comments about Chelsea Clinton.
Who stacks up against McCain?
Joan Walsh on which Democrat can win the election.
The race for California
Clinton and Obama battle for a mother lode of delegates -- in a state with a nonwhite Latino, Asian, black majority. Who has figured out the electoral math?
What do Reagan and Obama have in common?
Joan Walsh on Barack Obama's recent remarks that he's not that invested in the battles of the '60s.
The battle for Nevada
Clinton beats Obama as candidates bicker over the final delegate count. Will the ethnic tensions inflamed by a rough caucus fight haunt the Democrats?
Joan Walsh on a new democratic spirit
Will women and youth drive the vote this year?
No makeover for Hillary -- yet
Even most supporters think she's going to lose on Tuesday in New Hampshire, but Hillary Clinton sticks to the script that doesn't seem to be working.
Joan Walsh on Barack Obama's theory of change
Finding hope at Sunday's New Hampshire rally.
How Barack Obama swept to victory in Iowa
In three different Des Moines precincts, a vote-by-vote account of how the Obama wave built.
Last thoughts
Will first-timers caucus tonight? Will independents support Obama? We'll find out in a few hours.
The NIE changed everything. Yeah, right
Bush can pretend it didn't happen, but the aftershocks of the intelligence community's reversal on Iran may be felt for a long time.
The Giuliani code
According to Newsweek, the ex-mayor's situational ethics derive from his working-class Italian Catholic background. Where's Bill Donohue when you need him?
Is Hillary playing the gender card?
Joan Walsh responds to last night's debate.
Sizing up the Democratic race so far
Hillary Clinton may be having her worst week yet, but it's not clear her challengers can take advantage, despite all the media hype.
Right-wing bullies pick on children
The wingnuts are savaging 12-year-old Graeme Frost and his family because they don't think he should get healthcare through SCHIP.
Will Congress denounce Rush Limbaugh?
He calls Chuck Hagel "Senator Betray Us" and denounced antiwar Iraq vets as "phony soldiers," but don't hold your breath waiting for a Senate vote to condemn him.
Am I in bed with MoveOn?
More kinky fantasies from wacky right-wingers!
A Larry Craig smackdown
Joan Walsh takes on Pat Buchanan on MSNBC.
Joan Walsh looks at Freedom's Watch
Ari Fleischer uses Iraq war veterans as propaganda, and then forgets their names.
Are Democrats really so lame?
Republicans are on the ropes, but yet another mainstream media star says it's Democrats who are in trouble, thanks to Bush-hating bloggers and billionaires. Here we go again.
A fine time to go on vacation
Unfortunately, big news or not, I'm leaving on vacation -- I'll be back July 24.
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