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Bill Clinton (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Bill Clinton’s alternate, unbelievable reality

Andrew Leonard
Even the Big Dog himself would have an impossible time with today's GOP
Firefighter Tom Sullivan campaigns against Issue 2 outside a polling location in Strongsville, Ohio Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP)

This is what GOP brand poisoning looks like

Steve Kornacki
In Ohio and elsewhere, Tuesday's election results offered troubling signs for Tea Party conservatism
A woman marches with Occupy Oakland protesters on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Occupy Oakland shuts down port

Emily Loftis
Massive peaceful protests end with a late-night clash and arrests
Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street march past a family dining at an outdoor restaurant, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Behind OWS’ staying power

Michael Moran
The movement's core complaint about Wall Street isn't left-wing fringe; it's shared by most Americans
Protestors affiliated with the "Occupy Wall Street" protests wave signs and banners. At right: A rally during the Great Depression (AP/LOC)

Our history of hating Wall Street

Steve Fraser
During the Great Depression, these kinds of protests revolutionized America. It could happen again
Day laborers sit in a parking lot in Phoenix. (AP/Matt York)

A growing underworld bazaar

Andrew Leonard
Amid the recession, an unregulated marketplace worth $1.4 trillion undermines the economy -- and everyone's future
President Obama speaks in front of the dilapidated Brent Spence Bridge during a visit to Cincinnati on Sept. 22. (Reuters/John Sommers II)

Obama's bridge too far

Gene Lyons
When the president gets tough, the tough start whining
(Reuters/AP)

Barack Obama's dream opponent

Steve Kornacki
How Roger Ailes and Fox News gave the president something to run against in 2012
FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, President Obama, center, is given a tour of Solyndra by Executive Vice President Ben Bierman, right, as Chief Executive Officer Chris Gronet, left, walks along at Solyndra Inc. in Fremont, Calif. FBI spokesman Peter Lee says agents executed multiple search warrants on Thursday morning Sept. 8, 2011 at the company's headquarters in Fremont as part of an investigation with the Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General. (AP Photo/Paul Chinn, Pool, File) (AP/Paul Chinn)

Solyndra scandal: A threat to the solar industry?

Justin Elliott
Republicans have seized on the case of the bankrupt company as a way to discredit the renewable energy sector
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, to discuss FEMA funding and the Continuing Resolution to fund the government. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (AP/Harry Hamburg)

Senate blocks House disaster aid bill

Alan Fram
Relief legislation voted down after House Republicans passed offset-heavy version yesterday
A worker walks behind solar panels on the factory roof of the Yingli Green Energy Holding Company in Baoding, Hebei Province. (Reuters/David Gray)

Solyndra's China syndrome

Andrew Leonard
While Republicans seize upon a solar power fiasco to attack green energy, the Chinese get even more ambitious
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, to discuss FEMA funding and the Continuing Resolution to fund the government. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (AP)

House passes disaster aid, but Senate Dems object

Andrew Taylor
Bill adds more offsets to secure Republican passage, all but guaranteeing death in Senate
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

The hell that is being John Boehner

Steve Kornacki
Yet again, Tea Party purists remind the House speaker who's really the boss. Better start the shutdown clock ...
Harry Reid and John Boehner

House Republicans still fighting disaster relief funding

Alex Pareene
Updated: The war against FEMA funding could end in a government shutdown
(Joel)

The “Saturday Night Live” of the West Bank

Joel Warner
A hit satire show on the West Bank wrings laughs from the Occupation -- and gets canceled for humor that hits home
President Barack Obama gestures during a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, to urge Congress to pass a federal highway bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Obama halts controversial EPA regulation

Dina Cappiello, Julie Pace
President bows to GOP, business demands, eliminates proposed initiative to tighten smog standards

Obama’s dopey rope-a-dope strategy

Gene Lyons
The "adult in the room" takes a beating and just keeps sinking
President Barack Obama smiles at the Interior Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, prior to signing the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci)

A bizarre breakout of budget showdown optimism

Andrew Leonard
An end to partisan brinkmanship? With Congress still in recess, unfounded rosy scenarios suddenly proliferate
NBC reporter Peter Alexander attempts to broadcast from the windswept Coney Island boardwalk in New York as Hurricane Irene became intensified Sunday, Aug. 28 2011 in Coney Island section of New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle (Craig Ruttle)

Why TV news is addicted to weather porn

Matt Zoller Seitz
When it comes to storms, TV news sticks to the script -- no matter how cynical, exploitative or cliched it may be
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool) (AP)

What’s the worst that could happen in a Ron Paul presidency?

Alex Pareene
Plenty
In this Aug. 4, 2011 photo, a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets tumbled Friday, Aug. 5, amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe's debt crisis is worsening. The sell-off follows the biggest one-day points decline on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jin Lee) (AP)

Unemployment rate dips, economy adds 117K jobs

Christopher S. Rugaber
July jobs report comes in slightly better than expected, one day after worst stock market performance since 2008
Barack Obama and Bill Clinton

Destroying Democratic presidents

Joan Walsh
Right-wing attacks on President Obama are vicious, but the ugliness began with President Clinton

The next horrible budget showdown

Andrew Leonard
Debt ceiling hikes, government shutdown threats, tax cut drama: Come September, we'll do it all again
Tea Party protesters (Reuters)

The Tea Party, the debt ceiling, and white Southern extremism

Michael Lind
The goal, methods and passions of the Tea Party in the House are all characteristic of the radical Southern right
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