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We live in arguably one of the most rigid and ridiculous eras of political discourse to occur in the last century. And that’s just what this issue has become: in an all-or-nothing political election year, this debate has turned completely...
The headlines just days before Clinton spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention read something like this: “Clinton’s DNC speech will be vetted just minutes before he goes on stage,” implying that Clinton was a potential...
“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The question hit home with voters in 1980, and now Paul Ryan offers Reagan’s canard in response to DNC fervor. Josh Marshall thinks it’s a bad strategy: George W....
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Justice Kennedy was supposed to be “the decider”, according to the cover of this week’s Time. Not Roberts, not the conservative workhorse Republicans love and Democrats love to hate. Yet there...
—-Illustration by Esther Hamburger—- As President Barack Obama prepares to run for a second presidential term in the face of a terribly sluggish economy, many disillusioned voters are questioning whether the United...
President Barack Obama announced today that he will be running for re-election, and has filed the necessary papers to form a campaign committee and begin assembling a fundraising apparatus. The newly redesigned barackobama.com has taken on a...
Democrats have selected Charlotte, North Carolina to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Charlotte’s primary rival for the convention was St. Louis. Minneapolis and Cleveland were also finalists. According to Michelle Obama: “I...
Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and the current ambassador to China, has submitted a resignation letter to President Obama. He intends to return to the United States by May and will consider running for President. President Obama appointed...
A statue of Barack Obama as a child at a school he attended in Jakarta, Indonesia. After departing India, President Obama arrived today in Indonesia, continuing his tour of Asia. The world’s most populous majority-Muslim nation and also...
Over the course of the summer, Talking Heads correspondents were busy traveling, saving the world and engaging in general badassery. Along the way, we got some fantastic chances to enjoy a cup of coffee, tea, or share a cigar or hookah with...