Politics

Healthcare Reform

Salon's prescriptions

How to improve the reform legislation -- without scrapping it and starting over
Emily Holleman
Healthcare Reform

Being anti-life in defense of pro-life

Nelson affirms the old saw about caring about the beginning and end of life -- but little in between
Thomas Schaller
2010 elections

Blue Dog vulnerability in 2010

Crystal Ball's Isaac Woods looks at how many, and which, Blue Dogs might be in trouble next year
Thomas Schaller
Healthcare Reform

A first look at the new Senate healthcare bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveils his new proposal for healthcare, and locks up his 60th vote
Mike Madden

Joe Wilson's fame lives on

The South Carolina Republican who shouted at President Obama makes some end-of-year lists
Mike Madden
Healthcare Reform

Why do Republicans hate our troops?

If shoe were on other foot, you know GOPers would be asking the same of Democrats
Thomas Schaller
2010 elections

DNC pounces on GOP senators

Dems take less than 24 hours to use vote against military funding to pound GOP senators Video
Thomas Schaller

Move south, be happy

Warmer climes, bigger smiles, according to new study
Thomas Schaller
MoveOn.org

MoveOn raises $1M from Lieberman ad

Lieberbulwark may shut down policy progress, but he opens wallets Video
Thomas Schaller
Healthcare Reform

Keith Olbermann, wannabe martyr

Olbermann's prescription for protesting the insurance mandate -- don't buy insurance -- is nuts Video
Mike Madden

More in Politics

Friday, Dec 18, 2009 17:54 EST

Debt merry-go-round

Fannie, Freddie, AIG and GMAC coming around again for more of our tax dollars
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 18:15 EST

Woman charged in murder of pregnant friend

Charges filed in bizarre, sad case of woman who killed pregnant friend and cut out her fetus
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 17:14 EST

Big Dog backs reform bill

Clinton speaks up in favor of passing reform plan
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 14:59 EST

No closure-cloture deal

NE senator and healthcare reform holdout denies he was threatened with base closure
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 13:53 EST

The Great Recession

Obama's invoked the FDR analogy in a much more direct, rhetorical way
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 12:12 EST

Dean's diagnosis

Former presidential candidate and DNC chair uses prime WaPo space to oppose HCR bill
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 10:04 EST

New NBC/WSJ poll should worry Dems

Obama's numbers and Dems' generic congressional ballot both drop
Thomas Schaller
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 09:03 EST

Bernie may vote no

The Vermont Independent tells Fox News' Cavuto he will vote against healthcare reform Video
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 18:50 EST

OFA rallying troops behind HCR

The Obama mega-list is tapped to help push health care across finish line
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 17:29 EST

A deficit of responsibility

Who is responsible for the projected future deficits?
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 16:40 EST

Drug bust

BigPHarma kills the competitive drug provision from healthcare reform
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 13:25 EST

Sick lunch

School cafeterias around the country get low grades for food safety
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 12:51 EST

The Senate is stalled

Republicans insist the entire text of a single-payer healthcare amendment be read out loud, which would take hours
Mike Madden
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 12:35 EST

On the meaning of asymmetrical majorities

Why, indeed, are some majorities seemingly more effective than others?
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 10:20 EST

Pop quiz time!

See if you can guess who authored these words and where
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 09:17 EST

Bernanke Time's Person-of-the-Year

Usain Bolt, Nancy Pelosi, Gen. McChrystal and "The Chinese Worker" are runners-up
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 18:24 EST

Obama defends the compromise

President says differences over details can't get in the way of insuring 30 million who lack coverage
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 15:35 EST

Reid's sick numbers

He carried the healthcare bill through the Senate and may be paying the price for it
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 12:16 EST

Senate healthcare bill: Time to kill it?

Is reform without public option worth it? Markos, Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Howard Dean and others weigh in Video
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 11:16 EST

A Teachable Moment (Lost?)

Climate change and the domestic economic climate in tension
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 10:16 EST

Going Rahmbo

Progressive group runs ad attacking the White House chief of staff in his own backyard Video
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 09:16 EST

No NIMBYism for new Gitmo

Gitmo will be relocated to a site not far from the president's home city
Thomas Schaller
Monday, Dec 14, 2009 15:45 EST

Connecticut Democrat blasts Lieberman

Rep. John Larson, the fourth-ranking House Democrat, says he hopes Lieberman will come around in the end
Mike Madden
Monday, Dec 14, 2009 15:15 EST

Obama dons populist clothes

Perhaps the president feels heat from recent critics about his corporate coziness
Thomas Schaller
Monday, Dec 14, 2009 15:15 EST

Fed employees owe govt $3 billion

Geez: If fed employees don't pay their taxes properly and on time, who will?

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