Category: Politics

Here's a novel concept: removing artificial trade barriers...WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing the threat of a trade war, President Bush on Thursday lifted 20-month-old tariffs on foreign steel, a move …

Not to say I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO!!! From Asymmetrical Information, this update on the Republican "hackers":A statement put out last week by Mr. Hatch's …

Tom DeLay once again he proves that he all the subtlety of an invasive colonoscopy. Via PoliBlog comes word that DeLay wants to hole up Republicans attending the Republican …

If this decision stands it could have major implications for the 2004 elections. I've always viewed these non decennial attempts at redistricting with a suspicious eye, evidently for good …

Watching John Kerry's campaign slow tortured death spiral is both highly entertaining and utterly pathetic. When you become a punch line it's time to get out with your heiress …

Joshua Marshall has the story of the investigation into the leaked Democratic memos at the Senate Judiciary Committee. Marshall repeats the San Francisco Chronicle article that leads off with …

Steve at Little Tiny Lies pities the Democrats who seem bent on picking the draft dodging Howard Dean. The New York Times reports that Dean got a draft defferal …

Democratic hopefuls have had the playing field and the ear of the media to themselves for the 6-12 months. In that time and especially recently, they have managed to …

MSNBC blogger Eric Alterman is one of the signers of this letter to the editor at the New York Review of Books.We are women and men of the democratic …

In the days before the CNN/Rock the Vote Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate last week in Boston something gnawed at me: the whole event just seemed too contrived. Kerry, Lieberman, …