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Why Ronald Reagan didn't completely suck
In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president.
By Louis Bayard May 13, 2008
America's next top spouse
A guide to the brassy, opinionated, loud, difficult and plum-crazy partners on the arms of their president-running partners. Who says the campaign season is dull?
By Rebecca Traister Nov 13, 2007
"Broken Government"
I never thought that the GOP posed a threat to the well-being of our nation. But these days, I no longer recognize my old party.
By John W. Dean Sep 11, 2007
How Obama learned to be a natural
Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.
By Edward McClelland Feb 12, 2007
A presidential aura
With the crowds growing, the campaign money flowing and the media swarming, John Kerry is looking more and more like the front-runner.
By Tim Grieve May 29, 2004
Among the Democrats
On a big night for the sitting president, his Democratic challengers gather together to rally the faithful -- and crack Bush jokes.
By Jake Tapper Apr 10, 2003
Drunken sailor economics
Bush's bloated budget will likely put the U.S. over $1 trillion in debt. But criticize it, and the White House calls you soft on terror.
By Jake Tapper Feb 4, 2003
Poisoned fairways
Among the big winners in Bush's proposed rollback of pesticide restrictions? The politically untouchable golf industry, where dangerous chemicals are par for the course.
By Jake Tapper Jan 31, 2003
Joe Conason's Journal
More Confederate nostalgia from the GOP. Was the Lott scandal the end, or just the beginning?
Jan 6, 2003
Lott falls, but Democrats don't rise
Author Charles Bullock, an expert in the politics of the South, says the GOP will dust itself off and get along fine in Dixie.
By Eric Boehlert Dec 21, 2002
Life after Lott
Bill Frist, the likely new Senate majority leader, is hailed as a moderate, but he's an antiabortion hard-liner who votes much like Trent Lott.
By Michelle Goldberg Dec 21, 2002
Confederates in the attic
In the wake of the Lott debacle, President Bush faces questions about the way his campaign used the Confederate flag to win the South Carolina primary.
By Anthony York Dec 20, 2002
One last surprise
Lieberman heard from a friend, confidants from CNN. Apparently, only the Gore family knew when the most famous presidential also-ran decided to walk away from politics.
By Jake Tapper Dec 17, 2002
Lott: Apology No. 4
The Senate's top Republican tries again to persuade America that he's not a closet segregationist.
Dec 14, 2002
The ugly truth about Republican racial politics
The GOP needs to do a lot more than rebuke Trent Lott to make up for its legacy of pandering to white bigots and suppressing the black vote.
By Joan Walsh Dec 14, 2002
Lott: It gets worse
Troubling new disclosures about the Senate's top Republican and his record on race relations raise questions about his fitness for office.
By Anthony York Dec 13, 2002
Rock-ribbed Republican -- and anti-Bush
The newest, most outspoken critics of the war on terrorism and Iraq are conservatives.
By Michelle Goldberg Dec 13, 2002
The real Trent Lott
A leading Mississippi segregationist says his old friend shares his racist views and his recantation is bogus.
By Jake Tapper Dec 13, 2002
A whole Lott of trouble
Sen. Trent Lott apologized again for his racially insensitive remarks, but even some conservatives called for him to step aside as the next majority leader.
By Anthony York Dec 12, 2002
The antiwar movement goes mainstream
Groups like NOW, the Sierra Club and the National Council of Churches -- plus a raft of celebrities -- reach out to Middle America as they denounce a preemptive, unilateral war with Iraq.
By Michelle Goldberg Dec 12, 2002
Lott's amnesia
The senator says he can't fully recall Thurmond's racist presidential run. Here's a refresher course: A 1948 ballot decrying "anti-lynching" legislation, and a letter to Lott from a racist supporter.
By Jake Tapper Dec 12, 2002
White House economic policy: Confusion
Stephen Friedman was set to be the next chair of Bush's National Economic Council. Then he wasn't. Then he was again. Clearly, the man has enemies.
By Anthony York Dec 11, 2002
Caught whistling Dixie
Four days later, Lott's controversial comment gets some attention. But not from top congressional Democrats.
By Anthony York Dec 10, 2002
Bush shakes up economic team
O'Neill and Lindsey are out. But critics of White House policy might not like what comes next.
By Anthony York Dec 7, 2002
Clinton: Democrats "were missing in action"
In a major political address this week, former President Bill Clinton bluntly dissected the Democrats' recent electoral losses. Moving to the left, he said, is not a solution -- but fighting back is.
By Bill Clinton Dec 6, 2002
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