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  • Cal Thomas On Palin

    A judicious take from a position of support.
  • How Quickly They Turn

    That's the trouble with populism: the populace can get mad if they don't get all their books signed. My favorite insult yelled at Palin in Indiana: "Quitting on the job right there!":...
  • The Fundamentalist Era, Ctd

    A reader writes: The day Palin's book came out I wrote the original review on Amazon that you quoted from buzzfeed ("So what if Sarah Palin didn't write this book? Even God used early scribes to write...
  • If Roe Were Overturned, Ctd

    A reader writes: Yes, I have heard the whole "laboratories of democracy" spiel, but can you please explain why you and (other?) conservatives in this country are so enamoured with states' rights? Why...
  • Denying Her The Spotlight

    Friedersdorf counters Linker and wishes the Dish hadn't gone silent for a day: Ms. Palin’s political critics can no more deny her the spotlight than they can stop her appearances on Rush Limbaugh’...
  • Oy ... Really Dragging It Out

    Sen. Landrieu (D-LA) says she's still undecided on voting for cloture but will decide tonight and put out a statement tomorrow morning....
  • Beware Rubio

    Not the first Dem I've heard say this. This from TPM Reader EF ... What you say about Palin is certainly true in general, but her likely endorsee in FL - Marco Rubio - is one of the only Republicans..
  • Don't Miss a Beat

    New developments keep popping through the day in the senate health care bill debate. Check out this page to see all our health care reform debate updates over the course of the day....
  • Kingfish

    I think as long as Sarah Palin remains the King-maker in GOP primary battles across the country, the Dems have something to be happy about....
  • Blade Resharpened

    Defunct Washington Blade relaunches as D.C. Agenda....
  • Obama campaign head gets big book deal

    David Plouffe has agreed to a seven-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory” will...
  • Officials turn down Franken request

    Democrat Al Franken is asking the Minnesota governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.
  • Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent

    The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.
  • Franken lead at 49 with absentees left to count

    Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49- vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done.
  • Minn. Senate winner won't be known in 2008

    With the state Canvassing Board ready to award the last pile of votes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Democrat Al Franken clung to a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. The final c...
  • Still Assessing Afghanistan

    Gibbs: Obama won't announce new Afghan strategy before Thanksgiving. Plus: House Republicans urge quick decision in letter to the president Thursday.
  • Nelson on Board for Debate

    Senator confirms Friday he'll support motion to proceed on health care. And/But: Threatens "no" on second cloture if bill remains unchanged. STATEMENT: Read it here.
  • Pelosi: Karzai an "Unworthy Partner"

    Speaker has tough words on Afghanistan Friday.
  • ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS

    Meet the Press: Sens. Lieberman, Hutchison, Durbin, Feinstein This Week: Sens. Coburn, Nelson, Reps. Blackburn, Schultz; roundtable with George Will, Liz Cheney, Walter Isaacson, Robert Reich Face t...
  • Reid the Future

    What does Harry know?
  • Jeffrey Toobin: Not Covered

    Abortion is almost as old as childbirth. There has always been a need for some women to end their pregnancies. In modern times, the law’s attitude toward that need has varied. In the United Stat...
  • George Packer: November 9th

    Germany observes no official holiday on November 9th, the day when, twenty years ago, crowds of stunned, delirious East Germans breached the Berlin Wall. This is because November 9th is also the date...
  • David Remnick: Gap Year

    A year after he stood to the side of the stage at Grant Park and watched his client, the newly elected President, declare America “a place where all things are possible,” the political str...
  • Seymour M. Hersh: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe?

    In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army’s ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pakistani Taliban attacked what should have bee...
  • Hendrik Hertzberg: Biggus Buckus

    REG [at a meeting of the People’s Front of Judea]: All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public he...
  • The Most Frustrating Body

    WASHINGTON--Normal human beings--let's call them real Americans--cannot understand why, 10 months after President Obama's inauguration, Congress is still tied down in a procedural torture chamber tryi...
  • The 'Going Rogue' Index

    Sarah Palin’s autobiography Going Rogue doesn’t have an index. Why? Well, I’m not exactly sure. But it sure makes finding gems in the text--such as the defense of that $150,000 cloth...
  • To Learn and to Serve

    WASHINGTON--Imagine a time when government work was exciting, widely admired, and much sought after. It seems an outlandish thought at a moment when you cannot turn on your television without hearing...
  • Stupak is as Stupak Does

    Is it worth sacrificing health care reform for ideological purity on abortion? That’s the question Democrats are facing after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to avoid derailing health care legislati...
  • Don't Let Abortion Destroy Health Reform

    WASHINGTON--For some years, Democrats have denounced parodies casting their party as utterly closed to the views of those who oppose abortion. Last weekend, Democrats proved conclusively that they are...
  • Week In Politics Examined

    Senate Democrats hoped to have enough votes this week to pass a health care bill, Obama Cabinet officials faced hostile lawmakers on Capitol Hill and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-awaited book...
  • Senate Ethics Committee: No Punishment For Burris

    The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the s...
  • Without Further Ado, Sarah Palin Returns

    Cultural and political phenomenon Sarah Palin returned to the national spotlight this week to promote her memoir "Going Rogue" and fielded questions about a possible run for the White House in 2012. H...
  • Senate Health Bill Faces Saturday Showdown

    Democrats will need to vote in lockstep to overcome GOP opposition in a key procedural vote to move the $848 billion measure to full debate. But it's not yet clear whether Majority Leader Harry Reid c...
  • Legislating In Secret Irks GOP, But Insiders Say It's SOP

    Squawking aside, closed-door legislative engineering is business as usual for the Senate.
  • Norah O'Donnell's reasonable question

    NORAH O'DONNELL'S REASONABLE QUESTION.... A clip made the rounds this week of MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell appearing live in Michigan, at a bookstore where Sarah Palin fans had lined up to get their copy o...
  • Trent Franks' short memory

    TRENT FRANKS' SHORT MEMORY.... Six years ago this month, the floor of the U.S. House was the scene to one of the more embarrassing moments in the history of the institution. It was when the Republican...
  • Coburn's cravenness

    COBURN'S CRAVENNESS.... Sen. Tom Coburn, a right-wing Republican from Oklahoma, is apparently not above callous opportunism. He saw headlines about mammogram screening, headlines about a proposed tax...
  • Cloture watch

    CLOTURE WATCH.... Senate Democrats need 60 votes to bring health care reform to the floor for a debate. As of this morning, three Dems -- Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mary Landrieu (La.), and Blanche Lincoln (A...
  • The dangers of illiteracy

    THE DANGERS OF ILLITERACY.... OK, so most Americans have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to the deficit. How are they when it comes to understanding stimulus efforts? Arguably, on thi...
  • Former half-term governor ditches fans waiting in cold

    As both Kevin K. and Dave Weigel noted earlier today, Sarah Palin angered and disappointed fans in Noblesville, Indiana yesterday when she abruptly left a book signing promotion even though there were...
  • Midday Open Thread

    Tenants are still "Lost in the Shuffle" when the foreclosure notices arrive. Facts are stupid things department: Testifying as an expert on the stimulus Thursday, Dick Armey admitted before the House...
  • Wyden 'free choice' proposal added to Senate bill

    Mike Lillis of TWI: Reid, Baucus Approve Wyden’s ‘Free Choice’ Proposal Senate Democratic leaders have amended their newly released health reform bill to include a contentious pro...
  • The Fox, the bow-gate poll, and the crickets

    So Fox conducts a poll on whether or not Americans approve of President Obama's bow while meeting the Emperor of Japan. Given that they attacked President Obama mercilessly over the bow on Monday, it'...
  • AZ-Sen: Will There Be A New Maverick In Town?

    Don't Arizonians know that he's a war hero? Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of l...
  • 1,000 Words: Clean-Up Edition

    From our White House Photo Blog, this scene from President Obama's trip to China:...
  • Landrieu for $100 million

    Senate Democratic leaders are wooing Senators Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln -- the last three hold outs who have not pledged to vote for the motion to proceed tomorrow night to start t...
  • Civil Disobedience, Religious Right-Style

    Forget WWJD. The new question is apparently What Would MLK Do? A coalition of politically and theologically conservative Christian leaders, including nine Roman Catholic bishops, who have just signed...
  • The Senate Bill and the Public Option

    I've always had trouble understanding the opt-out version of the public option. Or more specifically, I've had trouble understanding why any state would actually opt out of something that some might f...
  • Obama approval drops below 50%

    From NBC's Domenico MontanaroPresident Obama has now dropped, for the first time, below 50% approval in the Gallup poll. It's the second poll this week to show that result. This puts Obama on par wit...
  • Nelson's a 'yes'

    From NBC's Ken StricklandAs was expected after Sen. Ben Nelson's (D-NE) statement yesterday explaining what a vote for cloture would mean, he has now released a statement saying that he will vote with...
  • Lincoln 'still reviewing' health bill

    From NBC's Ken StricklandAfter reading reports that Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) has already told Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) how she'll vote tomorrow on issue of whether to bring the...
  • Durbin: Lincoln has told Reid

    From NBC's Ken StricklandAt a news conference this morning, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) pre-emptively gave the his answer to the question everyone's been asking over the past few weeks: does Majority Lead...
  • First thoughts: More Sat. Night Fever

    From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** More Saturday Night Fever: The Senate is expected to take its vote to proceed on Senate Majority Leader Reid’s bill on Saturday.
  • Nelson off the fence on healthcare vote, Lincoln not

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can rest at least a little bit easier tonight. As he heads into the first vote in his chamber on Democrats' healthcare reform bill, he knows he has at least one...
  • Obama falls below 50 percent in Gallup poll

    For the second time this week, a reliable pollster shows President Obama's approval rating falling below 50 percent. On Wednesday, it was Quinnipiac; now, it's Gallup. This new survey will likely prov...
  • Intra-party feuds fuel Senate primary campaigns

    Generally speaking, primaries are where ideological fights play out. And it looks like we may have some interesting battles to watch next year in a few key Senate races. Both parties are now split by...
  • "A whale is in trouble -- I have to go!"

    The best-kept secret in Washington has nothing to do with nuclear codes or Dick Cheney's undisclosed location. It's this: Al Gore is actually pretty funny. Funny enough, in fact, that he managed...
  • Victory slips from Hoffman's grasp again -- blame ACORN!

    Quick! Someone look for ACORN operatives; check around every corner, under every cushion, down every alley -- they must be somewhere, because Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman now has no chanc...
  • OFA fundraising off Palin book tour

    OFA fundraising off Palin book tour. Washington (CNN) - The Democratic Party's fundraising off of Sarah Palin's "dangerous" book tour. "Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized, nationwide...
  • Senate tax hike misses the mark

    New York (CNNMoney.com) – The health care bill that faces a crucial test vote in the Senate on Saturday is proof that getting reform passed and getting it right are two very different things. Bo...
  • Sanford impeachment measure to be formally considered

    Sanford impeachment measure to be formally considered. (CNN) – A special House committee in South Carolina will formally consider an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford for the f...
  • NY-23 drains congressional campaign committees

    Washington (CNN) – Call it the New York-23 effect: Both the Democratic and Republican congressional re-election committees spent more money than they took in last month. The Democratic Congressi...
  • White House Watched

    Today's column is my last for The Washington Post. And the first thing I want to say is thank you. Thank you to all you readers, e-mailers, commenters, questioners, Facebook friends and Twitterers for...
  • Still Fighting

    It says a lot about this presidency that there is so much else going on that the public has almost forgotten that our troops are still fighting two wars. And yet, there is big trouble on both fronts.
  • Quick Takes

    Colum Lynch writes in The Washington Post: "The United Nations' top human rights advocate, Navanethem Pillay, on Wednesday appealed to the Obama administration to release Guantanamo Bay inmates or try...
  • Late Night Humor

    Jon Stewart shows a clip of Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer criticizing Obama for his restrained response to the Iranian crackdown. Stewart's response: "You can't believe Obama puts our natio...
  • Obama Below 50 in Gallup, What it Means

    Barack Obama has fallen below 50 percent in the Gallup Poll. Obama's public approval decline ranks in the lower third of modern American politics. He has fallen below the majority threshold at the fou...
  • CA Sen Poll: Boxer Maintains Lead

    Rasmussen survey of the California Senate race shows incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer under 50% but still maintaining healthy leads over her two potential Republican rivals: Boxer (D) 46 Fiorina (R) 3...
  • No Recovery for Main Street

    Apropos Sean's post on the results of the CNN survey, there are plenty of data points to to explain why Americans are visibly frustrated with the state of the economy. While Wall Street Banks are set...
  • CNN Poll: Blame Shifting on Economy

    It was bound to happen sooner or later, though Democrats very much hoped that it would be later. Public opinion is shifting -- sharply -- and Americans are beginning to blame the Democrats for the...
  • AZ Poll: McCain in Primary Trouble?

    Rasmussen is out with a new poll this morning indicating that Senator John McCain could be facing a stiff primary challenge from former Rep (and now radio talk show host) JD Hayworth. According to Ras...

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