Joe Conason

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Get over it, Clinton haters

Obama's choice of rival Hillary Clinton for secretary of state shows his political wisdom. And the vetting suggests the Clintons -- surprise! -- have little to hide.

By Joe Conason November 22, 2008
GOP not playing "Minnesota nice" with Franken

Republicans have flooded the airwaves with baseless propaganda to discredit the Coleman-Franken recount in advance.

By Joe Conason November 17, 2008
How did that realignment work out for you, Republicans?

Five years ago, overweening conservatives predicted they would dominate the future. Goodbye to all that -- for now.

By Joe Conason November 10, 2008
Obama's winning argument

The U.S. economy has prospered under Democratic policies, and the candidate knows it. But the real battle begins once Obama takes the White House.

By Joe Conason November 1, 2008
On Iraq, McCain doesn't have a clue

Despite the impasse in U.S.-Iraq negotiations, he clings to his fantasy of "victory" and America's ability to set the terms for withdrawal.

By Joe Conason October 27, 2008
Budget cutting? Take a hatchet to the war on drugs

Every year we throw away billions on a failed program to punish addicts -- an approach both candidates should know doesn't work.

By Joe Conason October 20, 2008
The federal government should go on a spending spree

Nothing expresses McCain's ignorance of basic economics like his call to freeze expenditures. Only massive government investment can help us now.

By Joe Conason October 10, 2008
The dumbing down of the GOP

Why aren't more conservatives disgusted that their party nominated a person devoid of qualifications for the vice presidency (again)?

By Joe Conason October 4, 2008
McCain proves he's unfit to serve

His threat to skip Friday night's debate and his economic grandstanding are signs of desperation. Does he even know what he believes anymore?

By Joe Conason September 26, 2008
The corporate financiers are wrong

Would they please shut up about the wonders of an unfettered free market? It's taxpayers who are paying the price for their greed -- again.

By Joe Conason September 19, 2008
The two faces of John McCain

The press needs to accept that the vicious, unprincipled McCain of the 2008 campaign is just as real as the virtuous McCain they admire.

By Joe Conason September 12, 2008
John McCain's empty speech

Simply saying the word "change" a lot isn't enough. What did McCain offer people that was really new?

By Joe Conason September 5, 2008
McCain's Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism

Suddenly all anyone needs to qualify as a potential commander in chief is to be a religious ideologue with female gender characteristics?

By Joe Conason August 30, 2008
If we must discuss plagiarism, let's talk exorcism too

Republicans and the press love revisiting Joe Biden's past, but everybody -- including the possible GOP vice-presidential candidates -- has one.

By Joe Conason August 25, 2008
A pre-convention memo to Hillary Clinton

Ignore your sniping campaign team. Smart advisors would tell you to give Barack Obama your undivided support from now until Election Day.

By Joe Conason August 15, 2008
New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right

What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11?

By Joe Conason August 8, 2008
Wanting the White House in the worst way

The pundits who adore John McCain wonder why he has adopted campaign tactics he once despised, but his compromise with the smear merchants began a long time ago.

By Joe Conason August 1, 2008
McCain's embarrassing assertions on the Iraq surge

Even military leaders involved in last year's troop escalation agree that the prospect of U.S. withdrawal is the main reason violence has ebbed.

By Joe Conason July 25, 2008
One more good reason to lift the embargo on Cuba

Let's seize the potential of the nation's sugar-based ethanol -- before China beats us to it.

By Joe Conason July 18, 2008
The dangerous hostility game with Iran

With negotiation starting to work, Bush administration hawks promote an atmosphere of crisis -- and the risk of actual conflict grows.

By Joe Conason July 11, 2008
What John McCain didn't learn in Vietnam

In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the former POW insists we could have won. No wonder he talks of occupying Iraq for a century.

By Joe Conason July 4, 2008
On energy, McCain sounds a lot like Cheney

The GOP nominee wants to distance himself from Bush on climate change, but he'd do better to emulate Jimmy Carter than the vice president.

By Joe Conason June 27, 2008
The Scott McClellan sideshow

The former press secretary's testimony about Valerie Plame is valuable, but only the press can uncover whether Bush and Cheney lied to investigators.

By Joe Conason June 21, 2008
What happened to McCain the reformer?

He should follow Obama's lead and tell his rich supporters that he won't tolerate vicious advertising paid for with sewer money.

By Joe Conason June 13, 2008
Democrats, put down your swords

Mourn defeat, yes, but the destruction wreaked by the Bush administration leaves little room for factional fights and identity politics between today and Nov. 4.

By Joe Conason June 6, 2008