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Obama has a new fan — Joe Lieberman
Alex Koppelman
The Connecticut senator, a big supporter of John McCain's during the presidential campaign, says he's come around.
Britain’s bizarre reaction to war crimes allegations: investigations needed
Glenn Greenwald
Surveying debates in other countries can reveal how vapid and corrupted our own political class is.
Obama’s Bush league decision
Jon B. Eisenberg
The president's lawyers continue to block access to information that could expose warrantless wiretapping. Is this change we can believe in?
Harry and Louise, meet Thelma and Louise
Mike Madden
Private health insurers helped kill Bill Clinton's healthcare reforms with a famous series of TV ads. Now the situation is so dire they're on board with Obama's reforms.
Obama’s timid liberalism
Michael Lind
Once, even Republican presidents like Eisenhower and Nixon believed in the public sector. Now, during a national crisis, a Democrat opts for inadequate, neoliberal, private-sector remedies. What happened?
The stupidest attack on Obama so far
Andrew Leonard
A right-wing blogger suggests the president believes "that what the government does has little impact on the economy."
Bachmann: “This is really the final leap to socialism”
Alex Koppelman
The Minnesota congresswoman is back, and this time she's talking about the Democrats implementing "radical ideas [from] college campuses."
Why is John McCain being such a jerk?
Mike Madden
The post-election lovefest is over. The defeated senator has even learned Twitter to attack Obama. But don't call him jealous.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
One prominent conservative says Rush Limbaugh knows exactly what he's doing, and that the resultant damage to the GOP is helpful to him.
Salon Radio: Lanny Davis on Accountability Now and primary challenges
Glenn Greenwald
The former Clinton aide and close Lieberman ally defends his critique of primary challenges as a means to keep incumbents accountable.
We’re really leaving Iraq
Juan Cole
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.
Karzai won’t leave
Matthias Gebauer, Shoib Najafizada
Afghan President Hamid Karzai discovered the importance of adhering to his country's constitution at an awfully convenient political moment.
Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party
Thomas Schaller
The conservative radio host loves to talk about himself -- and the GOP base loves to listen, as the rapt throng at CPAC Saturday proved. That makes party bosses nervous.
Who’s the most liberal of them all?
Vincent Rossmeier
The National Journal releases its annual ranking of the most liberal and conservative congressmen -- but is it really accurate?
At CPAC, Obama is a Commie foreigner
Alex Koppelman
When one speaker at the conservative conference suggested that the president wasn't born in the U.S., the audience erupted.
The mother of all budgets
Andrew Leonard
The Obama administration's spending blueprint represents the most ambitious government agenda in at least a generation. Buckle your seatbelts -- Washington is about to go nuts.
Karl Rove: Self-deluded or consciously dishonest?
Glenn Greenwald
What mental state allows someone to condemn the very tactics which, as everyone knows, they pioneered and spent years exploiting?
Why a war crimes fact-finding commission could uniquely enable prosecutions
Glenn Greenwald
Senate Democrats insist that the investigations they seek are not intended to spawn prosecutions. But they may not be able to control that.
Bowing down to the Taliban
Susanne Koelbl
Pakistan is capitulating to the Taliban in the Swat Valley, where the Islamists plan to introduce Sharia law.
The “Americans want bipartisanship” myth
Glenn Greenwald
The last two elections and the consensus of polling data demonstrate that what Americans actually want is a significant departure from the rule by Republicans and their policies.
The Citigroup Treasury Kabuki dance
Salon Staff
Both sides must know the end game is nationalization. Right now, they're just trying to make an ugly business look pretty.
Ryan Lizza’s People Magazine love letter to Rahm Emanuel
Glenn Greenwald
The competition to see who will be the Bob Woodward of the Obama administration heats up.
The military’s expanding waistline
Pratap Chatterjee
The U.S. military has become so dependent on outside contractors like KBR that President Obama couldn't sever ties with these corporations even if he wanted to.
Reform healthcare — and leave Social Security alone
Joe Conason
During his fiscal responsibility summit, President Obama must not cave in to the privatizers and slashers.
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