Joe Conason

GOP not playing "Minnesota nice" with Franken

Republicans have flooded the airwaves with baseless propaganda to discredit the Coleman-Franken recount in advance. Nov. 17, 2008 | Rebuked and humiliated by American voters on Election Day, the right-wing noise machine...

Who's Afraid of a Filibuster? (Joe Conason)

Joe Conason - While the ultimate occupants of three United States Senate seats are yet to be determined in Alaska, Georgia and Minnesota, chances seem small that Democrats will increase their new majority to 60 seats — the...

Who’s Afraid Of A Filibuster?

From The NY Observer By Joe Conason While the ultimate occupants of three United States Senate seats are yet to be determined in Alaska, Georgia, and Minnesota, chances seem small that Democrats will increase their new majority...

Rahm Poked Me!

Click here for Barack Obama’s Facebook Administration page >>Click here to read Gillian Reagan on The Facebook Administration Barack Obama President-elect 3,075,248 supporters Fun facts: Favorite movie, One Flew Over the...

CNBC, PBS document different kinds of sleaze

President George H.W. Bush, center left, with Lee Atwater, chairman of the Republican National Committee, as they accompany a band during a rhythm and blues concert in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 1989. "Dirty Money: The...

How Did That Realignment Work Out For You, Republicans?

From Salon By Joe Conason Five years ago the Republican Party and the conservative movement thought they were poised to monopolize power in America well beyond the political horizon. Epitomizing their hubris in those dark days...

How did that realignment work out for you, Republicans?

Five years ago, overweening conservatives predicted they would dominate the future. Nov. 10, 2008 | Five years ago the Republican Party and the conservative movement thought they were poised to monopolize power in America well...

What mandate does Obama earn in victory?

Nancy Kruh No doubt Barack Obama's victory on Tuesday reflects a public yearning for change. Now the pundits are trying to figure out which direction the new president will go. Karl Rove , for one, doesn't believe the campaign...

America's New Political Center (Joe Conason)

Joe Conason - When George W. Bush looks back someday on the wreckage of the past eight years, even he may someday realize that he missed his most important political opportunity in the months after 9/11.

In the Observer: Election Night in New York City, the Obama Administration

by Katharine Jose | November 5, 2008 Jason Horowitz writes about a possible new Obama-Clinton axis in Washington. Steve Kornacki wonders if Obama will be able to avoid the early disasters of Bill Clinton's presidency. Joe...

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