This was possibly my favorite moment from the Question Time. Not quite Adlai Stevenson nailing...
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More Like That One, Please
UPDATE 3: MSNBC will be re-airing the event tonight with a special report hosted by Matthews...
We're Looking at You, Harry Reid
Another favorite line: To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in...
Possibly My Favorite Lines of the Speech
I campaigned on the promise of change – change we can believe in, the slogan went. And right now, I...
Snap Reactions to the State of the Union
Here's what I really liked... --This president has an incredible knack for combining both big...
New Huffington Post Column
Progressives vs. The President Can't wait to be flamed on this one. Enjoy, Digg and Twitter often!
Suicidal Tendencies
Kevin Drum: And the depth of the revolt against Obama has been striking too. As near as I can tell...
Get Ready to Be Obnoxious, GOP Congressmen
The president's first State of the Union address is set for January 27. Which Republican will...
One Year to Fix Eight
During his appearance in Boston for Marth Coakley, President Obama said something that cut through...
Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable
R. Paine wrote an excellent post about the difference between disagreeing with the president on...
More Effective than LBJ
CQ Politics via BooMan: President Obama set a new record last year for getting Congress to vote his...
Obama Can't Make North Dakota More Liberal
The retirement of Byron Dorgan is a solid example of why, in many cases, legislation is at the...
Intoxination Predicts Prog Backlash
This is just eerie. Jamie predicted the progressive backlash against the president. As the year...
Enough Already
Emptywheel posted another piece insisting that President Obama has failed to live up to his...
Just Like Bush! Just Like Bush!
He's got your change right here: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered the federal...
Alienating Blacks with Progressive Kneejerking
Suffice to say, I've been wary of the recent spike in progressive criticism of President Obama ...
Progressive Leverage
Obviously there's been a lot of yelling about how progressives should "get tough" with the White...
Enough Already
As someone who's been writing in support of the public option for the better part of a year, I was...
The Left Flank
Benen on the political impact of writers like Taibbi: Over the last several months, the right has...
Peace vs. Pacifism
I only caught this in passing, but as always Lawrence O'Donnell has a very unique way of looking at...