In which the author imagines what America would be like if the GOP's man had won. Critics of Obama, take note.
By Michael Lind Jun 16, 2009
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Palin asked McCain staff to lie about her husband's involvement with secessionists, and Steve Schmidt said no
By Joan Walsh
July 2, 2009
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A scathing article in Vanity Fair paints the governor as incurious, egotistical and hated by McCain staffers
By Vincent Rossmeier
June 30, 2009
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The senator's mixed-up reasons for keeping healthcare in the private sector
June 17, 2009
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More protests, video from Iran.
By Vincent Rossmeier
June 16, 2009
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John McCain's mother tells Jay Leno that the radio host doesn't represent her side of the Republican Party.
By Alex Koppelman
May 14, 2009
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The three senators sent President Obama a letter arguing against prosecuting torture memo authors, saying, "legal analysis should [not] be criminalized."
By Alex Koppelman
April 22, 2009
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Anti-immigration leader Chris Simcox is stepping down from his group to run against the Arizona senator, who has a moderate record on the issue.
By Alex Koppelman
April 21, 2009
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The man in charge of the vetting process explains the appeal of Sarah Palin, and why Joe Lieberman wasn't a good choice for legal reasons.
By Alex Koppelman
April 17, 2009
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The senator, a leader on immigration reform, tells activists that since the community didn't vote for him, they can look elsewhere for help.
By Alex Koppelman
April 3, 2009
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The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
By Juan Cole
March 30, 2009
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John McCain says he knows why people voted for the Republican ticket last fall -- and it wasn't because of him.
By Alex Koppelman
March 26, 2009
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The Arizona senator takes a few shots at his former opponent.
By Alex Koppelman
March 20, 2009
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President Obama urges pork reform and signs a bill with earmarks in it on the same day. Republicans make an unconvincing show of outrage.
By Mike Madden
March 12, 2009
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Some kind of bank nationalization is probably inevitable. The Democrats don't want to admit it yet. The Republicans just want you to be scared.
By Mike Madden
March 10, 2009
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John McCain and Richard Shelby say "let them fail." Just how bad do they want this depression to get?
By Andrew Leonard
March 9, 2009
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Conservatives are having a little fun seizing on an appropriation to study the odor as an example of wasteful spending, but it's no laughing matter -- it's deadly serious.
By Alex Koppelman
March 6, 2009
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The post-election lovefest is over. The defeated senator has even learned Twitter to attack Obama. But don't call him jealous.
By Mike Madden
March 5, 2009
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Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
By Juan Cole
March 2, 2009
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Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi journeyed into the heart of the GOP for her new HBO documentary. She discusses what she found there: Denial, depression and a whole lot of anger.
By Mark Schone
February 16, 2009
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The 2008 election was starkly divided between voters in the most religious states and those in the least, but Barack Obama won anyway.
By Vincent Rossmeier
February 4, 2009
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If the Democrats will stop trying to out-hawk the Republicans, the Obama administration can begin rebuilding America's economy and military -- and international image.
By Michael Lind
January 22, 2009
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We need a new citizen-based Social Contract that would deliver universal healthcare and paid family leave.
By Michael Lind
January 21, 2009
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Could a reality show really have been worse than a presidential campaign?
By Alex Koppelman
January 16, 2009
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum isn't really in to that whole "post-partisan" thing.
By Alex Koppelman
January 15, 2009
It is summer 2009, and John McCain is president
The Salon story that sparked a Palin-McCain feud
Sarah Palin, a "Little Shop of Horrors"
Bateman: John McCain vs. Healthcare
Real-time coverage: Iran accuses the U.S. of "intolerable" meddling
Obama's domino theory
Stick it in your earmark
Here comes socialism
Republican banking solution: Dangerous nonsense
Why is John McCain being such a jerk?
We're really leaving Iraq
Watching Republicans grieve
No more "wars of choice"
An economic Bill of Rights for Americans
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Glenn Greenwald