May 11 The Big Straddle: Why Compromise Can Be Hazardous to One's Political Health "There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos." Jim Hightower, a committed liberal and former Texas agriculture commissioner, liked to say this so much that he finally used it as a title for a… Continue reading
May 11 Donations Flood Obama Campaign After Gay Marriage Announcement By Christina Bellantoni President Obama greets supporters upon arriving in Seattle on Thursday. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's change of heart on same-sex marriage is helping him raise some serious coin. Since his announcement Wednesday, the president's re-election campaign has experienced… Continue reading
May 11 Members of Congress Press DHS, DOJ Over Inquiry Into Immigrant's Death After our colleagues at "Need to Know" aired this report last month on the violent death of a man on the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago, 16 members of Congress said Thursday that the footage… Continue reading
May 10 DCCC Chair Says Independents Are Key to Democrats Retaking the House By Alex Bruns Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel of New York told reporters Thursday he was ready for another big swing this November. Despite the… Continue reading
May 10 Watch LBJ's 'Passage of Power': The Transformation of a 'Legislative Genius' LBJ's 'Passage of Power': The Transformation of a 'Legislative Genius'… Continue watching
May 10 Biographer Caro: LBJ Used 'Full Potential' of Presidential Power LBJ portrait by Yousuf Karsh Historian Robert Caro has spent nearly four decades telling the story of a one man: former President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The hefty fourth volume in his series of biographies is "The… Continue reading
May 10 Watch Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically? Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically?… Continue watching
May 10 Is It Compromise...or Selling Out? By Judy Woodruff Tea Party protest in Laguna Beach, Calif. File photo/Getty Images. It's hard to miss one of the main messages of this week's primary votes, and it has to do with the current gridlock in Washington. It is that many voters… Continue reading
May 10 Obama: Support for Gay Marriage 'May Hurt' Politically By Christina Bellantoni New York resident Niki Buchanan smokes outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village shorty after President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage. Photo by Timothy A. Clark/AFP/Getty Images. In Wednesday's interview with ABC News, President Obama said it would… Continue reading
May 09 Will Obama's Same-Sex Marriage Support Sway Voters? Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images What's the significance of President Obama's evolution on gay marriage? In terms of policy, probably not much. He made clear in his interview with ABC News that he still considers the issue… Continue reading