1. the national interest
    George Soros, Reverse Vampires Conspiring To Promote Occupy Wall StreetAn Occupy Wall Street conspiracy so vast
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. terms of endearment
    Herman Cain Says Rick Perry Can Call Him ‘Brother’ Anytime“That is not a point of controversy.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. video
    John Heilemann on Hardball: Qaddafi Death BacklashSome Republicans say the mission wasn’t worth the risks.
    By Sarah Frank
  4. early and awkward
    Marco Rubio’s Parents Were Just Normal, Boring ImmigrantsThey left Cuba years before Castro came to power, not after, as Rubio has often claimed.
    By Dan Amira
  5. early and awesome
    Two People Named Barack Have Contributed to the Obama Reelection EffortYou can learn all kinds of useless facts at this website devoted to Obama’s first 1,000,000 donors.
    By Dan Amira
  7. the national interest
    Republicans Stop Hating FranceNot long ago, with Democrats out of power, France was the symbol of everything Republicans hated.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. the national interest
    Rick Perry Comes AliveRick Perry’s plan to take down Mitt Romney.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. early and awkward
    President Obama Interrupts Dude’s Texting SessionAwkward.
    By Dan Amira
  10. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Might Actually Be Pro-Choice and Not Know ItHis position on abortion isn’t getting much clearer.
    By Dan Amira
  11. preoccupied with occupy wall street
    Barney Frank Is Pragmatic When It Comes to Wall Street Fund-raisingHey, money’s money.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. early and often
    Mitt Romney Is Mormon, Rick Perry Is TexasWord association!
    By Dan Amira
  13. party chat
    Beau Biden Willing to Bet Dinner on the Biden–Clinton Switch Not HappeningSo you know he’s serious.
    By Bennett Marcus
  14. the national interest
    Obama’s Jobs Plan As a Case Study for FatalismIn the debate between the idealists and the fatalists, the fatalists are winning.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Refuses to Share Credit With SimCity for Brilliant Tax PlanStop hogging all the glory.
    By Dan Amira
  16. master debaters
    What You Missed in the Eighth GOP DebatePretty much a nonstop sass-fest from start to finish.
    By Dan Amira
  17. the national interest
    Rick Perry Knows Just Who Can Help Him Reform the Tax CodeNothing says “reform” like “ask lobbyists to help write my plan.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. bachmann ambition overdrive
    Michele Bachmann Is Unhappy That American Troops Have Been Sent to Both Libya and AfricaShe’s still not great with geography.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. master debaters
    Video: The Eighth GOP Debate, Now With More YellingNo one will let Romney talk anymore.
    By Sarah Frank
  20. the national interest
    Perry Shows That Romney Can BleedRomney’s rivals finally managed to sow real doubts about his ideological convictions.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. baseless accusations
    Republicans Hate AmericaTheir new logo is an outrage!
    By Dan Amira
  22. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Can’t Decide Whether He’s Actually Joking About an Electric Border Fence“It might be electrified — I’m not walking away from that.”
    By Dan Amira
  23. the national interest
    Anti-Semites! With Signs!Anti-Semites tend to lean heavily on the hand-lettered-sign mode of communication.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. master debaters
    Three Things to Watch for in Tonight’s Millionth GOP DebateWestern theme!
    By Dan Amira
  25. the national interest
    Robert Bork Has Good News for All the LadiesWomen aren’t discriminated against anymore? At all?
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the donald
    Donald Trump Still Believes in Michele BachmannHe’s still not totally sure about Obama’s birth certificate, though.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  27. early and awesome
    Gary Johnson Holds an Online Town Hall With Pagan Media Outlets“This whole campaign is about talking to anyone who will listen.”
    By Dan Amira
  28. the national interest
    The Mark of CainCain’s candidacy offers the perfect balm for this festering wound upon the conservative psyche.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. bons mots
    President Obama Tries to Sass Republicans Into Passing His Jobs Bill“Maybe they just couldn’t understand the whole thing all at once.”
    By Dan Amira
  30. no he cain’t
    Watch Herman Cain Sing a Pizza Version of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’“Imagine there’s no pizza … “
    By Dan Amira
  31. master debaters
    People Are Actually Watching the GOP Debates for Some ReasonThis mysterious, uncharacteristic interest in politics and governance has puzzled experts.
    By Dan Amira
  32. no he cain’t
    Does Herman Cain Understand the Abortion Debate?We think no.
    By Dan Amira
  33. media
    New Research Says Obama Has Been Getting a Lot of Bad Press LatelyWhat happened to the lamestream media?
    By Caroline Bankoff
  34. things that happened a long time ago
    Bush the Elder Briefly Considered Asking Clint Eastwood to Be His Running MateIt “was suggested in not an altogether unserious” manner.
    By Dan Amira
  35. the great switcheroo
    Clinton-Biden Switcheroo Not Impossible, Unnecessary Column Informs UsThis rumor will never die.
    By Dan Amira
  36. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Is ‘Heartbroken’ That Häagen-Dazs No Longer Makes Black Walnut Ice CreamCain’s “people” are on the case.
    By Dan Amira
  37. party chat
    Talking Obama vs. Cain at Opening Night of The Mountaintop“It’ll be a fun conundrum for the majority of Americans to have to deal with,” Samuel L. Jackson told us.
    By Darla Murray
  38. the national interest
    The Evasions of the 53 Percent: This Time It’s PersonalConservatives defend a series of nonsense statistics about taxes and inequality.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. stuck in the mittle
    Rush Limbaugh Does Not Consider Mitt Romney a ConservativeJust in case you were wondering.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  40. mavericks
    John McCain Estimates That Regulations Kill ‘Billions and Billions of Jobs’That seems off.
    By Dan Amira
  41. the national interest
    Should Liberals Like Occupy Wall Street?What liberals should do about Occupy Wall Street.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. no he cain’t
    SimCity Had the 9-9-9 Tax Plan FirstNice try, Herman Cain.
    By Dan Amira
  43. the national interest
    The Republicans Have a ‘Real’ Jobs Plan, by Which I Mean, Not a Jobs Plan at AllThe Republicans’ Real American Jobs Act is neither real nor a jobs act. It is American, though.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. paulitics
    Ron Paul’s Eyebrow Was Falling Off at the Debate Because His ‘Allergies Acted Up a Touch’That makes no sense, but old men’s eyebrows also make no sense.
    By Dan Amira
  45. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain’s Ingeniously Succinct 9-9-9 Plan Becoming Increasingly ComplexCain adds in new deductions and exemptions.
    By Dan Amira
  46. rudy
    Rudy Giuliani for Hire: How ‘America’s Mayor’ Makes Money These DaysHe’s in a new commercial for the nuclear power plant Indian Point, for one.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. rick rolling
    ‘Rick Perry. Liberty. Rick Perry. Freedom.’This is his campaign “yell.”
    By Dan Amira
  48. the national interest
    Obama Incites Panhandler to Dis Wall Street CEOWhat could cause a homeless panhandler, normally paragons of rational discourse, to act suddenly mean and crazy?
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. what can brown do for you?
    Can We Ever Trust Scott Brown Again?He was caught plagiarizing Elizabeth Dole.
    By Dan Amira
  50. white men with money
    Warren Buffett Paid Just $7 Million in Taxes Last YearHe gave Congress the numbers.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  51. stuck in the mittle
    The White House Is Done Taking Chances With Mitt RomneyNot necessarily because he’s inevitable.
    By Caroline Bankoff
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