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Are political consultants getting rich off your money?
Walter Shapiro
The 2008 presidential contenders have raised an unprecedented amount of campaign cash -- and strategists, pollsters and media consultants
will reap the monetary rewards.
U.S. soldiers used “comfort women,” too
Tracy Clark-Flory
Plus, Maureen Dowd chastises Barack Obama's wife for publicly teasing the presidential hopeful.
The 2008 election, explained by Yogi Berra
Walter Shapiro, Rick Ridder
Everything you need to know about the presidential race has already been predicted by baseball's greatest sage.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
There must be a way to stop NBA teams who have clinched their playoff spot from tanking or "resting their starters" in games that still have meaning.
Anatomy of Beltway conventional wisdom
Glenn Greenwald
From Drudge/Politico to right-wing outlets to CNN and the New Republic, how petty and cheap personality attacks dominate our political discourse.
Profiles in Journalism
Glenn Greenwald
The Boston Globe's Charlie Savage is awarded a much-deserved Pulitzer Prize, illustrating what real political journalism is about.
New Walter Reed questions
Mark Benjamin
Democratic senators ask why the government failed to respond to 2004 warning about hospital conditions.
And now, for news that really matters
Joan Walsh
Another great scoop by Salon's Mark Benjamin has Barack Obama asking the White House about its Veterans Affairs leadership picks.
Why’d you nominate this guy?
Salon Staff
Responding to a Salon report, Sen. Barack Obama sends a letter to President Bush questioning his choice for a key VA job, saying the nominee knew of problems at Walter Reed.
Black rappers made him do it!
Joan Walsh
Joe Scarborough and John Ridley peddle the dumbest Imus excuse of all: He learned his racist misogyny from hip-hop!
Firing Imus was the right thing
Joan Walsh
Years of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic jokes took their toll, and MSNBC finally saw the light.
Primary fears
Walter Shapiro
A powwow on '08 showed the GOP sweating Bush's war and Dems worried about more than just Iowa.
Real inconvenient truths
Camille Paglia
Our failed political dynasties, Pelosi's stylish appeal and George W. Bush as Queen Victoria. Plus: The hot air about global warming.
What was Charlie Crist thinking?
Farhad Manjoo
Why did a Republican governor just add tens of thousands of Democrats to the voter rolls in Florida?
Al Gore, anyone?
Tim Grieve
A generic Democrat swamps a generic Republican in 2008, according to a new poll, but generic candidates don't run for office.
John Edwards live
Walter Shapiro
Whatever the outcome of his presidential campaign, this time around Edwards won't regret being an overly cautious candidate.
The presidential dollar derby
Walter Shapiro
Hillary and Obama and McCain and Romney are all rolling in it. But how much does big money matter in the nomination fight?
Presidential candidates and “substance”
Glenn Greenwald
Whether a presidential campaign is "substantive" is determined far more by its relationship to the Beltway culture than by any specific legislative plan it issues.
Drudge and the Politico — poisonously joined at the hip
Glenn Greenwald
The new online mainstream media venture, the Politico, has proven itself to be as dependent upon Matt Drudge as it is inaccurate and unreliable.
How Bush helped the GOP commit suicide
Gary Kamiya
A new study shows that unless the Democrats self-destruct, they could walk into the White House in '08 -- and might hold it for years.
Run, Elizabeth, run
Walter Shapiro
Many presidents have lived with the ill health of loved ones. Can we stop asking John Edwards when he's dropping out of the presidential race?
Attack ads on the sly
Michael Scherer
Has a renegade anti-Hillary video on YouTube changed political campaigning as we know it?
Developments in the Duke case and more
Tracy Clark-Flory
Sen. Barack Obama calls for a federal investigation into the handling of the case.
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