http://dir.salon.com/topics/politics_features/?source=rss&aim=politics_features en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT By Louis Bayard Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/06/suskind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/06/suskind/index.html?source=rss In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. By Louis Bayard Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/13/ronald_reagan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/13/ronald_reagan/index.html?source=rss In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president. By Rebecca Traister Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/13/candidate_wives_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/13/candidate_wives_guide/index.html?source=rss 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 John W. Dean Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/09/11/dean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/09/11/dean/index.html?source=rss 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 Edward McClelland Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/12/obama_natural/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/12/obama_natural/index.html?source=rss 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 Tim Grieve Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2004/05/29/kerryfever/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2004/05/29/kerryfever/index.html?source=rss With the crowds growing, the campaign money flowing and the media swarming, John Kerry is looking more and more like the front-runner. By Jake Tapper Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/04/10/cdf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/04/10/cdf/index.html?source=rss On a big night for the sitting president, his Democratic challengers gather together to rally the faithful -- and crack Bush jokes. By Jake Tapper Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/02/04/budget/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/02/04/budget/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/01/31/golf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/01/31/golf/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/01/06/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/01/06/bush/index.html?source=rss More Confederate nostalgia from the GOP. Was the Lott scandal the end, or just the beginning? By Eric Boehlert Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/bullock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/bullock/index.html?source=rss 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 Michelle Goldberg Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/frist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/21/frist/index.html?source=rss 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 Anthony York Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/20/hines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/20/hines/index.html?source=rss 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 Jake Tapper Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/17/gore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/17/gore/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/14/apology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/14/apology/index.html?source=rss The Senate's top Republican tries again to persuade America that he's not a closet segregationist. By Joan Walsh Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/14/race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/14/race/index.html?source=rss 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 Anthony York Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/lott/index.html?source=rss Troubling new disclosures about the Senate's top Republican and his record on race relations raise questions about his fitness for office. By Michelle Goldberg Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/libertarians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/libertarians/index.html?source=rss The newest, most outspoken critics of the war on terrorism and Iraq are conservatives. By Jake Tapper Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/barrett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/barrett/index.html?source=rss A leading Mississippi segregationist says his old friend shares his racist views and his recantation is bogus. By Anthony York Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/12/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/12/lott/index.html?source=rss 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 Michelle Goldberg Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/12/peace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/12/peace/index.html?source=rss 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 Jake Tapper Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/12/ballot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/12/ballot/index.html?source=rss 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 Anthony York Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/11/friedman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/11/friedman/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/10/lott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/10/lott/index.html?source=rss Four days later, Lott's controversial comment gets some attention. But not from top congressional Democrats. By Anthony York Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/07/o_neill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/07/o_neill/index.html?source=rss O'Neill and Lindsey are out. But critics of White House policy might not like what comes next.