1. the great switcheroo
    Clinton-Biden Switcheroo Not Impossible, Unnecessary Column Informs UsThis rumor will never die.
    By Dan Amira
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. stuck in the mittle
    Rush Limbaugh Does Not Consider Mitt Romney a ConservativeJust in case you were wondering.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  7. mavericks
    John McCain Estimates That Regulations Kill ‘Billions and Billions of Jobs’That seems off.
    By Dan Amira
  8. the national interest
    Should Liberals Like Occupy Wall Street?What liberals should do about Occupy Wall Street.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. no he cain’t
    SimCity Had the 9-9-9 Tax Plan FirstNice try, Herman Cain.
    By Dan Amira
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. rick rolling
    ‘Rick Perry. Liberty. Rick Perry. Freedom.’This is his campaign “yell.”
    By Dan Amira
  15. 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
  16. what can brown do for you?
    Can We Ever Trust Scott Brown Again?He was caught plagiarizing Elizabeth Dole.
    By Dan Amira
  17. white men with money
    Warren Buffett Paid Just $7 Million in Taxes Last YearHe gave Congress the numbers.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  18. stuck in the mittle
    The White House Is Done Taking Chances With Mitt RomneyNot necessarily because he’s inevitable.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. early and awkward
    GOP Primary Voting to Begin Any Second NowNew Hampshire mulls a December 6 primary.
    By Dan Amira
  20. the national interest
    Rick Perry Not Dead YetMore evidence of the screwy here-you-take-it, no-you-take-it dynamic of the Republican race
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. no he cain’t
    Cainmentum Is Real, and It Is SpectacularAccording to PPP, Herman Cain now leads the primary race 30-22 over Mitt Romney.
    By Dan Amira
  22. master debaters
    Video: The GOP Candidates Have a Few Questions for Mitt RomneyFinally, some candidate-on-candidate question time.
    By Sarah Frank
  23. jobs jobs jobs
    Senate Votes Against President Obama’s Jobs BillLet the games begin.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. the national interest
    Perry Survives the Craziness of the Seventh GOP DebateThe Texas governor improved his performance just enough.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national interest
    Elizabeth Warren, Cultural IconElizabeth Warren is, in the liberal mind, what Barack Obama was in 2008
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the national interest
    The Right’s ‘53 Percent’ Solution to Occupy Wall StreetRepublicans are responding to the groundswell of protest with their own brand of class warfare.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. jesus christie
    Chris Christie Throws His Considerable Weight Behind Mitt Romney [Updated]He’ll endorse Romney this afternoon in New Hampshire.
    By Dan Amira
  28. the national interest
    Ralph Nader Finds a Corporate Mogul to LoveRalph Nader’s new, even less coherent rationale for helping the Republicans win.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. america’s sweetheart
    Frank Rich and Adam Moss Discuss the Short, Hot Political Career of Sarah PalinA hundred years from now, is anybody going to be teaching Sarah Palin in high school?
    By Frank Rich and Adam Moss
  30. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Understands AmericaAmerica wants a “five-pound mound of cheese and toppings.”
    By Dan Amira
  31. master debaters
    What the Candidates Will Ask Each Other in Tonight’s DebateTonight’s GOP debate has some interesting quirks.
    By Dan Amira
  32. rick rolling
    Anita Perry Knows That Real Men Admit Their MistakesAlso, they consent to being called “Ricky.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  33. tarpies
    Elizabeth Warren Raised Over $3 Million in Six WeeksNot bad.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  34. the national interest
    Were We Inevitably Screwed?How could we have avoided economic disaster? Perhaps through the Keynesian stylings of President John McCain.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. no he cain’t
    How Long Can Herman Cain Revel in His Foreign-Policy Ignorance Before Voters Start to Care?He literally called Uzbekistan “Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan.”
    By Dan Amira
  36. plumbers
    God Has Told Joe the Plumber to Run for CongressHe’s reportedly filed for a 2012 campaign.
    By Dan Amira
  37. the national interest
    Republicans Already Looking Forward to Employing Evil Obama MethodsRepublicans endorse tyrannical Obamacare strategy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. money woes
    Debt-Reduction Super-Committee Is Super DeadlockedNot surprisingly, nobody is budging.
    By Dan Amira
  39. the national interest
    The Rick Perry RebootWhen you’re trying to craft an image of a strong leader, it’s generally best to avoid comparing your candidate to a puppy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. values voter summit dispatch
    Who Won and Who Lost at the Values Voter SummitMitt Romney and Rick Perry both came out weaker.
    By Dan Amira
  41. values voter summit dispatch
    Values Voter Summit Showdown: Mitt Romney vs. Bryan FischerRomney criticizes the speaker following him for his “poisonous” anti-Mormon language.
    By Dan Amira
  42. values voter summit dispatch
    Bill Bennett Slams Pastor Robert Jeffress [Updated]“You did Rick Perry no good sir in what you had to say.”
    By Dan Amira
  43. values voter summit dispatch
    The Mormon Discussion That Was Always Going to Happen Is Now HappeningAfter a Perry-backing pastor calls Mormonism a “cult,” the religious question has burst into the forefront of the race. We talked to Values Voter Summit attendees to see what they thought.
    By Dan Amira
  44. values voter summit dispatch
    Herman Cain Is an Applause MachineThe crowd went wild for him today.
    By Dan Amira
  45. the national interest
    Can Obama Be a Nerd Populist?Obama is attempting to exploit a cleavage between intellectual elites and financial elites.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. values voter summit dispatch
    Chatting With Two Guys Dressed As Colonial Historical FiguresWhy they dress like that and who they’re voting for.
    By Dan Amira
  47. values voter summit dispatch
    Things You Would See at the Values Voter SummitSome great bumper stickers in here.
    By Dan Amira
  48. the national interest
    Romney Loves South Carolina, America’s Volatile BoyfriendWhen ranking states by patriotism, the state that most frequently threatens to or actually carries out secession should probably go to the back of the line.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. values voter summit dispatch
    Hello, From the Values Voter SummitThe annual gathering of social conservatives.
    By Dan Amira
  50. early and often
    The GOP Primary Campaign As a Horserace — LiterallySlate came up with a pretty cool way summarize the ups and downs of the GOP race so far.
    By Dan Amira
  51. the national interest
    Carbon Emissions Are Rising, So Let’s Ignore Al Gore!We can’t be completely certain about the theory of gravity, either.
    By Jonathan Chait
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