1. fiscal cliff
    Meet the Last Congressional Republican to Vote for Higher TaxesNew Mexico Senator Pete Domenici did it in 1990.
    By Andre Tartar
  2. gun control
    Chris Christie Opposes Turning Schools Into ‘Armed Camps for Kids’He just doesn’t think guns contribute to a positive learning environment.
    By Andre Tartar
  3. fiscal cliff
    Some Conservatives Think It’s Time to Replace John Boehner But he’s probably not going anywhere.
    By Andre Tartar
  4. the national interest
    Obama Waking Up From Dream of Grand BargainTurns out the House Republicans are still crazy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the most important senators in the world?
    Juxtaposition of the Day: Senator Ben Affleck Edition?Suddenly, he’s not so disgusted by the political process.
    By Dan Amira
  7. the national interest
    Republicans Accuse Hagel of Being RepublicanThey have a point.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. photo op
    All Three Times President Obama Cried This Week, in One PhotoHe had a very sad week.
    By Dan Amira
  9. Nation’s Beautiful Famous People Demand Plan to Stop Gun ViolenceMostly people from Parks and Rec.
    By Dan Amira
  10. the national interest
    The Rise of Right-Wing Gun KeynesiansThe year’s strangest ideological development.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. NRA Is Not Onboard With New Gun LegislationThis was a disaster.
    By Dan Amira
  12. comings and goings
    President Obama Picks John Kerry for Secretary of StateYup, this is not a surprise.
    By Dan Amira
  13. the national interest
    Plan B Fails, Boehner Marches Toward CliffThe obstinacy of the ulra-crazies paradoxically weakens the merely crazy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. gun control
    Gun Background Checks Miss Millions of Mentally Ill PeopleMany states are barely reporting data.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. oh congress!
    Harry Reid Isn’t Interested in Shaking Up CongressHe’ll support an incumbent any day.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. early and awkward
    Chuck Hagel Had a Big Problem With ‘Aggressively Gay’ Nominee in 1998What is “aggressively gay”?
    By Dan Amira
  17. the national interest
    John Boehner’s CalvinballThe speaker’s weird penchant for making up new rules.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. Booker Runs Toward Obama and Away From ChristieHow the president helped the Newark mayor decide on 2014.
    By Chris Smith
  19. the national interest
    Erskine Bowles Is a Terrible Political AnalystYou should entrust your political analysis to people with less silly first names, like Roofus or Gulliver.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. early and awkward
    Sarah Palin Is Groucho Marx Now You’ll see.
    By Dan Amira
  21. gun control
    GOP Support for Assault-Weapons Ban Still NonexistentHooray.
    By Dan Amira
  22. disasters
    GOP Senators Think Victims of Hurricane Sandy Can Get By on $24 Billion for NowThey think the $60.4 billion request looks like a “slush fund.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. early and awesome
    Ben Affleck Running for Senate, Probably“That’s not what I’m here to talk about.”
    By Dan Amira
  24. the national interest
    Massacre-Prevention As StimulusShould we hire men to hang around schools in case of a shooting spree?
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. photo op
    Here’s President Obama Being Adorable With a Child AgainThis is what Obama does, all the time.
    By Dan Amira
  26. pop quiz
    Identify the Gun-Control Quote: Obama, Feinstein, or Reagan?Take the quiz!
    By Dan Amira
  27. the national interest
    Boehner’s Plan B Fails; Inmates Running AsylumCrazy — but that’s how it goes …
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. newtown massacre
    Obama Launching Gun Task Force Headed by Joe Biden [Updated]The president will speak a bit about his plan this afternoon.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  29. disasters
    Republicans Want to Make Sure Alaska Fisheries Don’t Get Hurricane Sandy AidSounds reasonable.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. international affairs
    Report Blames ‘Systemic Failure’ at State Department for Benghazi AttackSecurity at the compound was “grossly inadequate.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. Ranking Nate Silver’s Trashiest Post-Election Trash TalkHe’s been doing a lot of it.
    By Dan Amira
  32. the national interest
    House Republicans Again Show Why We Need to Wait Until January for a DealAll I want for Christmas is you … to agree in principle to extend a portion of the Bush tax cuts. This song isn’t working.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. sanford and wife
    Mark Sanford Might Run for Congress Against His Ex-Wife (But Probably Not)But it would be highly entertaining if they did!
    By Dan Amira
  34. the national interest
    Liberal Obama Budget Freak-outs: A How-To GuideWhen and how to get your freak on.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. New York Post Editorial Calls the Second Amendment ‘Obsolete’The paper wasn’t saying that after Aurora.
    By Dan Amira
  36. gun control
    Major Gun-Maker to Be Sold Following Newtown Massacre [Updated]Cerberus Capital Management wants out of the business.
    By Kevin Roose
  37. the national interest
    McArdle Wins Worst Newtown Reaction AwardIt involves proposing the revival of a World War II–era military tactic. Used by Japan.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. sad things
    Senator Daniel Inouye Is DeadHe was the second longest-serving senator in U.S. history and the highest-ranking Asian-American.
    By Dan Amira
  39. the death throes of birtherism
    Arizona Electors Still Arguing That Obama Wasn’t Born in Hawaii“The majority of the people had no dream that Bill Clinton did what he did until a young lady had a blue dress and proved he did.”
    By Dan Amira
  40. the national interest
    Krugman’s Deficit Calm Perhaps a Tad Too CalmSeeking a middle ground between blind deficit panic and total complacency.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. early and awkward
    Listen to Mitch McConnell Ignore Gun QuestionHe also clears his throat.
    By Dan Amira
  42. Heilemann on Weak State and Local Gun LawsWeak local gun laws are made weaker still by the absence of federal enforcement, Heilemann said.
    By Sarah Frank
  43. Frank Rich: America’s Other Original SinThe struggle to make America safer will take decades. Is Newtown the start?
    By Frank Rich
  44. comings and goings
    The GOP Is About to Have the Only Black Senator in the CountryCongressman Tim Scott will be appointed to the Senate.
    By Dan Amira
  45. Joe ‘Dead Aim’ Manchin Sounds Ready to Ban Assault WeaponsHe’s a favorite of the NRA.
    By Dan Amira
  46. the national interest
    The Bracing Political Reality of Gun ControlThe long, steep path ahead.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. Obama on Newtown: ‘We’re Not Doing Enough’The president exhorted the nation to unspecified change.
    By Adam Martin
  48. gun control
    Feinstein to Introduce Assault Weapons Ban“It can be done,” she said. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  49. get well soon
    Hillary Clinton Fainted It seems like she’s okay. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. cabinet concerns
    Obama May Have Already Chosen Kerry for StateSources say it’s “basically a done deal.” 
    By Andre Tartar
  51. takedowns
    Cory Booker Called a Bogus SuperheroThe paper slammed the Newark mayor like Chris Christie will if he has to.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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