1. important ceilings
    Gang of Six Debt Plan Manages to Both Raise and Lower TaxesGenius!
    By Dan Amira
  2. bachmann ambition overdrive
    Michele Bachmann Beats the PressHer security team allegedly roughed up a reporter from ABC News.
    By Dan Amira
  3. equal rites
    National Organization for Marriage Targets Marriage Equality Flip-FloppersThey’ve spent $150,000 on mailers in seven districts.
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. wendi daaaaaang
    Man Attempts to Pie Rupert Murdoch in the Face During Hacking-Scandal HearingsWhoa!
    By Chris Rovzar
  5. important ceilings
    David Brooks Still Not Happy With the GOP“They believe they are Gods of the New Dawn.”
    By Dan Amira
  7. early and almighty
    Rick Perry Not Sure Whether He’s Being ‘Called’ by God or His MomDoes it even matter?
    By Dan Amira
  8. important ceilings
    Bill Clinton Would Just Ignore the Debt CeilingHe’d “force the courts to stop” him.
    By Dan Amira
  9. important ceilings
    Why the Balanced Budget Amendment Is Terrible, and Why Congress Is Voting on It AnywayHooray Congress!
    By Dan Amira
  10. cuomolot
    Cuomo’s Union Victory: Won With Open Arms(And a stick in his back pocket.)
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Says ‘Hallowed Ground’ Is Wherever People Don’t Want a Mosque to BeCain continues to strive for new anti-Islam heights.
    By Dan Amira
  12. important ceilings
    America Really Impressed With How Everyone’s Handled the Debt CeilingPeople are disappointed in the GOP most of all.
    By Dan Amira
  13. rudy
    Rudy Giuliani Wants the GOP Out of Our Bedrooms“I don’t know what the heck the Republican Party wants to getting involved in people’s sexual lives and personal lives so much.”
    By Dan Amira
  14. tarpies
    Obama Appoints Richard Cordray to Consumer Financial Protection BureauMeanwhile, Elizabeth Warren is going to need to make some new plans.
    By Chris Rovzar
  15. fun-raising
    Newt Gingrich’s Campaign Is $1 Million in DebtA little too much private air travel.
    By Dan Amira
  16. important ceilings
    Obama Still Retains the Capacity to Hope, for Some Reason“I always have hope; don’t you remember my campaign?”
    By Dan Amira
  17. bachmann ambition overdrive
    Michele Bachmann Left Her Church a Few Days Before Announcing Her CandidacyThe one that thinks the Pope is the Antichrist.
    By Dan Amira
  18. bachmann ambition overdrive
    Blogger Who Posted Marcus Bachmann’s ‘Barbarians’ Remark: ‘I Didn’t Doctor a Damn Thing’He says Bachmann is lying.
    By Dan Amira
  19. video
    John Heilemann on Morning Joe: Will Debt Votes Hurt Dems?Possibly, if they have to vote to raise the debt limit three times in the next year.
    By Sarah Frank
  20. cuomolot
    Shockingly, Most New Yorkers Don’t Want Cuomo to Run for President YetWe just GOT him.
    By Chris Rovzar
  21. no he cain’t
    Breaking: Herman Cain Is Suspicious of MuslimsHe’s trying to capture some of that sweet anti-mosque momentum.
    By Dan Amira
  22. early and awkward
    A Recent History of Politicians Mispronouncing WordsFrom ‘corpsman’ to ‘nuclear’ and a bunch of other stuff too.
    By Dan Amira
  23. notes on camp
    Nancy Pelosi Is Not a Happy CamperDo NOT ask her to go to Camp David and roast s’mores.
    By Noreen Malone
  24. cable news catfights
    Did the White House Lie About Trying to Exclude Fox News?It looks like it may have.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. early and often
    Generic Republican Candidate Now Beating Obama by Eight PointsOf course, the Republican candidates with names generally don’t fare as well.
    By Dan Amira
  26. important ceilings
    John McCain Would Neeeever Play Politics With the Debt CeilingEven though he has.
    By Dan Amira
  27. early and awkward
    Rick Perry’s Plan to Fix Everything: Just Have God Do It “God, You’re going to have to fix this.”
    By Dan Amira
  28. early and interminable
    Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin to Continue Presidential Foreplay Until Freakin’ SeptemberGreat idea.
    By Dan Amira
  29. oh pawlease
    How Much of the Minnesota Government Shutdown Is Tim Pawlenty’s Fault?T-Paw’s budget slight-of-hand: not so magical?
    By Noreen Malone
  30. important ceilings
    John Boehner Will Eat His Peas If Obama Stops Acting Like Melted Jell-OWhat the hell is going on?
    By Dan Amira
  31. oy
    Obama Has Lost the Jews, Part XXIVWhy the latest poll purporting to show that President Obama has lost the Jewish vote doesn’t actually show that.
    By Dan Amira
  32. important ceilings
    Republican Who Is Willing to Compromise Discovered in Underground TunnelSouth Carolina’s Lindsey Graham thinks closing tax loopholes would be a fine idea.
    By Dan Amira
  33. dancing with bigots
    Michele Bachmann’s Problem With Gay People Could Soon Become a Problem for HerEspecially when she starts using words like ‘garbage,’ ‘evil,’ and ‘enslavement’ to describe the lifestyle.
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. fun-raising
    President Obama Just Made Mitt Romney Look Like a HoboObama raised $86 million in the quarter.
    By Dan Amira
  35. america’s sweetheart
    Greta Van Susteren Predicts Sarah Palin Will Run for PresidentAnd those two are thick as thieves, they are.
    By Dan Amira
  36. important ceilings
    Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Care About Debt Reduction [Updated With Conservative Reactions]His debt-ceiling contingency plan basically gives Obama the power to raise the ceiling with no cuts at all.
    By Dan Amira
  37. important ceilings
    President Obama Trying to Rile Up Old PeopleHe warns that there may be no money for Social Security checks if the debt ceiling isn’t raised.
    By Dan Amira
  38. paulitics
    Ron Paul Retiring From Congress, Focusing All His Energy on Losing GOP NominationHe won’t run again in 2012.
    By Dan Amira
  39. 2012
    Darrell Issa Doesn’t Think the President’s Reelection Campaign Is Entirely Chicago-BasedThe Republican congressman has launched a probe into what he says is overlap between Obama’s political and presidential duties.
    By Noreen Malone
  40. no he cain’t
    Herman Cain Has a Beautiful VoiceAnd a gospel album.
    By Dan Amira
  41. important ceilings
    At Least Eric Cantor Is Being an Adult About ThisAnd by adult, we mean a duplicitous child.
    By Dan Amira
  42. video
    John Heilemann on Morning Joe: John Boehner Is Barely Speaker of the House NowEric Cantor is taking over.
    By Sarah Frank
  43. bachmann ambition overdrive
    Bachmann Takes the Lead in IowaShe’s dominating among the most “attentive” voters.
    By Dan Amira
  44. important ceilings
    With Debt Talks Stalled, What Happens Now?Good question, headline!
    By Dan Amira
  45. is rick perry running?
    The ‘Rick Perry for President’ Train Nearing the StationTexas governor calls Iowa activists and starts raising money.
    By Andre Tartar
  46. important ceilings
    It Looks Like We Can’t Just Ignore the Debt CeilingGeithner and Pelosi are not onboard.
    By Dan Amira
  47. bons mots
    Michele Bachmann Happy People Still Find Her Sexy“Listen, I’m 55 years old. I’ve given birth to five kids.”
    By Dan Amira
  48. bons mots
    Jay-Z Not Happy With Employment Numbers“Numbers don’t lie. Unemployment is pretty high.”
    By Dan Amira
  49. guessing games
    Can You Guess Whose Reading List This Is?Betcha can’t.
    By Noreen Malone
  50. early and awkward
    Unemployment Rate Won’t Matter in 2012, Obama Adviser ClaimsA clumsy remark is already being seized upon by Mitt Romney.
    By Dan Amira
  51. stuck in the mittle
    Frank Rich on Tavis Smiley: Mitt Romney Is Acting PhonyThe candidate likes to think of himself as a working-class hero.
    By Sarah Frank
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