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Meaningless charade
Michael Scherer
The moribund hearings have been as predictable as a Kabuki drama. Barring a major miscue, Alito's inscrutability will carry him to the Supreme Court.
The gang that couldn’t question straight
Walter Shapiro
Eight Democratic senators had a chance to grill Samuel Alito Tuesday -- but their artless queries could have been dodged by a tree sloth.
Boring, but not scary
Walter Shapiro
Samuel Alito came across as wimpy, but he didn't reveal any weird Bork-like tendencies. He's well on his way to joining a rightward-leaning high court.
After Murtha
Mark Benjamin
Can Democrats criticize Bush's war while taking a united stand on what to do next?
Should we stay or should we go?
Farhad Manjoo
Surprisingly, a bipartisan consensus is emerging for bringing home our exhausted troops, yet President Bush clings to his chimera of total victory. Inside the escalating debate over Iraq.
The party lines
Compiled by J.J. Helland, Juliana Bunim
21 leading Democrats who voted for the Iraq war resolution -- and what they're saying now.
The only way out
Joe Conason
All the plans the Democrats have offered on Iraq rely on wishful thinking. Here's one that might actually work.
The Democrats’ disarray, the Republicans’ delight
Tim Grieve
Can the opposition party come together on Iraq?
Can the Democrats find their way on Iraq?
Tim Grieve
Earlier this month, Nancy Pelosi said Jack Murtha spoke for himself. Now she says that he speaks for her, too.
What ever happened to Scott McClellan?
Tim Grieve
The White House press secretary seems to have gone missing.
Renewed energy
Amanda Griscom Little
Congress saw a flurry of eco-friendly initiatives this month. Will any of them lead to a clean and sane energy future?
Mixing messages on Alito
Tim Grieve
A Republican says he's guilty of legislating from the bench. A Democrat says his nomination shouldn't be filibustered.
If these broads could talk
Rebecca Traister
A new study finds that men make up 86 percent of the guests on Sunday morning politics shows.
On dignity, cellphones and “dumbass questions”
Tim Grieve
Sen. Orrin Hatch brings his unique brand of decorum to the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice.
The dance of the Democrats
Tim Grieve
Bobbing and weaving around John G. Roberts and Cindy Sheehan -- and complicating matters for 2008.
“That, again, is a question I can’t answer”
T.g.
John G. Roberts is a man of few words -- and the words he has said are ones we've heard before.
John Roberts’ favorite pastime
Michael Scherer
Day two of the Senate hearings: The baseball metaphors flew, and the nominee for chief justice dodged nearly every question thrown his way.
Katrina contracting: Bringing Iraq back home
T.g.
The Bush administration wants us to think of Katrina as another 9/11. So far, it's treating it like another Iraq.
After Roberts
Michael Scherer
As liberal groups continue trying to derail Bush's judicial nominee, they now must worry: Who's next?
Are Democrats in disarray on Iraq?
T.g.
There's a chasm between establishment Democrats and those who want the troops home now. One writer has a plan for bridging the gap.
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