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The Obama cover kerfuffle
Alex Koppelman
The cover of the latest issue of the New Yorker, supposedly a satire of the misconceptions about Barack and Michelle Obama, has set off a firestorm on the Internet.
Obama: “My plan for Iraq”
Alex Koppelman
In an Op-Ed in the New York Times, Barack Obama lays out his strategy for withdrawal.
Accountability Now and Strange Bedfellows: The strategy and rationale
Glenn Greenwald
A new campaign devoted to civil liberties, core Constitution protections and the rule of law is designed to change the incentive scheme of the Beltway establishment.
Can you hear me now? Obama’s missing 2 percent
Paul Maslin, Jonathan Brown
By failing to survey cellphone-only voters, pollsters could be undercounting Barack Obama's support by millions of voters.
Your prissy mainstream media at work
Joan Walsh
The Washington Post censors Opus again, Fox News won't release Jesse Jackson's full "nuts" remarks, and everybody loves Bernie Mac. Not.
Another bad week for John McCain
Joan Walsh
He's sputtering about birth control and the economy and shape-shifting on immigration. Can this candidacy be saved? Share your best ideas.
Sorting out the dueling education coalitions
Ed Kilgore
Richard Kahlenberg sorts out the two big new education coalitions recently formed, and explains why Barack Obama should listen to both.
Why progressives should keep organizing on MyBarackObama.com
Mike Stark
Some Obama supporters say we should disband our FISA group now that the vote is past. I disagree. If progressives are silent, the campaign will take us for granted.
New McCain ad praises immigrants
Mike Madden
John McCain reaches back to last year's immigration debate in a new commercial that could bolster his standing with Latinos and moderates.
The dangerous hostility game with Iran
Joe Conason
With negotiation starting to work, Bush administration hawks promote an atmosphere of crisis -- and the risk of actual conflict grows.
Learning to live with the “new” Obama
Ed Kilgore
Amid the net-roots anger over Obama's vote for the FISA bill, some key activists are saying he has never been that progressive.
Obama’s easy “Sister Souljah moment”
Ed Kilgore
Poor Jesse Jackson once again serves up an opportunity for a Democratic presidential candidate to run against type.
Conservatives worry about McCain backslide on immigration
Ed Kilgore
Obama's not the only presidential candidate with "base issues" this week. Conservatives are getty antsy about McCain's renewed talk of comprehensive immigration reform.
Republicans fear black voter surge in the South
Ed Kilgore
Rep. Adam Putnam worries that black turnout could "swamp" Republicans in down-ballot races in the South. Is he right?
Was Obama’s FISA vote “calculated”?
Ed Kilgore
If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
Betrayed by Obama
Joan Walsh
The Democrat's FISA sellout is unforgivable, but he's counting on supporters having no place else to go. And McCain's nutty neocon Iran talk helps him make his case.
Obama bites the bullet on FISA
Ed Kilgore
As the Senate approves amendments to FISA, Barack Obama gets hammered from two different directions.
Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping
Glenn Greenwald
Yet again, George Bush and Dick Cheney get everything they want from the Democratic-led Congress, this time to put a permanent, and harmless, end to their illegal spying scandal.
“Vote for the Udall nearest you”
Ed Kilgore
When the smoke clears on Nov. 4, odds are good that two new Democratic senators from the West will share a last name and a political legacy.
German chancellor, Berlin mayor bicker over Obama visit
Carsten Volkery
Berlin's mayor wants to grant Obama's wish to deliver a major speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, but Angela Merkel has misgivings.
Obama hopes to go where JFK went before
Gregor Peter Schmitz
Barack Obama wants to hold a keynote speech on transatlantic relations in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. But don't call him a "European."
What did those 300 economists really endorse?
Ed Kilgore
On Monday John McCain's campaign released a list of 300 economists who were endorsing his new economic "plan." Turns out they hadn't read it.
The unwelcome guest at the GOP convention
Ed Kilgore
With John McCain trying desperately to separate himself from an unpopular incumbent, Republicans wonder what to do with George W. Bush at their convention.
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